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State Law in Texas
• Sources of Law
• Code Revision
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Figure 9.1: Court Structure of Texas
Reprinted Courtesy of the Office of Court Administration
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Courts, Judges, and Lawyers
• Local Trial Courts
• County Trial Courts
• State Trial Courts
• Appellate Courts
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Courts, Judges, and Lawyers
• Disciplining and Removing Judges and Justices
• Lawyers
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Judicial Procedures
• Civil Justice System
• Civil Trial Procedure
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Table 9.2: Selected Texas Noncapital Offenses, Penalties for First Offenders, and Courts Having Original Jurisdiction
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Judicial Procedures
• Criminal Justice System
• Capital Punishment
• Criminal Trial Procedure
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Correction and Rehabilitation
• The Texas Department of Criminal Justice
• State Institutions of Correction for Adults
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Figure 9.2: Facilities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, August 2002
Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
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Correction and Rehabilitation
• Local Government Jails
• Private Prisons
• Supervision of Released Offenders
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Table 9.3: Inmate Cost per Diem in Texas Criminal Justice Programs
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Juvenile Justice
• State and Local Agencies
• Procedures and Institutions
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Problems and Reforms: Implications for Public Policy
• Coping with Crowded Dockets
• Judicial Selection
• Technology
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity