Lost Causes: Blended Sentencing, Second Chances, and the Texas Youth Commission

by James W. Marquart, Jonathan W. Caudill, Matt DeLisi, et al.

Book Overview

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 adult justice systems. Once adjudicated via determinate sentencing, offenders are first incarcerated in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC). As they approach age eighteen, they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477308458
• ISBN13: 9781477308455
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"