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Matt DeLisi , Chad R. Trulson , Darin R. Haerle and Jonathan W. Caudill

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Determinate Sentencing and the Texas Youth Commission: A Timeline 5
Chapter 1. Origins and Discoveries 11
Chapter 2. The Determinate Sentencing Act in Texas 33
Chapter 3. The Sheep That Got Lost 50
Chapter 4. Doing Time in the Texas Youth Commission 70
Chapter 5. Another Second Chance 87
Chapter 6. The Burden of Second Chances 111
Chapter 7. Three Decades Later 135
Chapter 8. The Last Word 150
Notes 171
Index 195

https://doi.org/10.7560/307861-toc

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Determinate Sentencing and the Texas Youth Commission: A Timeline 5
Chapter 1. Origins and Discoveries 11
Chapter 2. The Determinate Sentencing Act in Texas 33
Chapter 3. The Sheep That Got Lost 50
Chapter 4. Doing Time in the Texas Youth Commission 70
Chapter 5. Another Second Chance 87
Chapter 6. The Burden of Second Chances 111
Chapter 7. Three Decades Later 135
Chapter 8. The Last Word 150
Notes 171
Index 195

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