CHAD R. TRULSON is a professor and associate chair in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas in Denton.DARIN R. HAERLE is an assistant professor of criminal justice at California State University, Chico.JONATHAN W. CAUDILL is an associate professor and criminal justice coordinator in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Chico.MATT DELISI is a professor and coordinator of criminal justice studies and affiliate with the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

• Foreword by James W. MarquartAcknowledgmentsIntroductionDeterminate Sentencing and the Texas Youth Commission: A Timeline1. Origins and Discoveries2. The Determinate Sentencing Act in Texas3. The Sheep That Got Lost4. Doing Time in the Texas Youth Commission5. Another Second Chance6. The Burden of Second Chances7. Three Decades Later8. The Last WordNotesIndex

CHAD R. TRULSON is a professor and associate chair in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas in Denton.DARIN R. HAERLE is an assistant professor of criminal justice at California State University, Chico.JONATHAN W. CAUDILL is an associate professor and criminal justice coordinator in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Chico.MATT DELISI is a professor and coordinator of criminal justice studies and affiliate with the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

• Foreword by James W. MarquartAcknowledgmentsIntroductionDeterminate Sentencing and the Texas Youth Commission: A Timeline1. Origins and Discoveries2. The Determinate Sentencing Act in Texas3. The Sheep That Got Lost4. Doing Time in the Texas Youth Commission5. Another Second Chance6. The Burden of Second Chances7. Three Decades Later8. The Last WordNotesIndex

CHAD R. TRULSON is a professor and associate chair in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas in Denton.DARIN R. HAERLE is an assistant professor of criminal justice at California State University, Chico.JONATHAN W. CAUDILL is an associate professor and criminal justice coordinator in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Chico.MATT DELISI is a professor and coordinator of criminal justice studies and affiliate with the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

• Foreword by James W. MarquartAcknowledgmentsIntroductionDeterminate Sentencing and the Texas Youth Commission: A Timeline1. Origins and Discoveries2. The Determinate Sentencing Act in Texas3. The Sheep That Got Lost4. Doing Time in the Texas Youth Commission5. Another Second Chance6. The Burden of Second Chances7. Three Decades Later8. The Last WordNotesIndex