Lost causes : blended sentencing, second chances, and the Texas Youth Commission /
<P>What should be done with minors who kill, maim, defile, and destroy the lives of others? The state of Texas deals with some of its most serious and violent youthful offenders through "determinate sentencing," a unique sentencing structure that blends parts of the juvenile and adul...
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Origins and discoveries
- The Determinate Sentencing Act in Texas
- The sheep that got lost
- Doing time in the Texas Youth Commission
- Another second chance
- The burden of second chances
- Three decades later
- The last word.
