• Cartoon: "Thadeus & Weez-Judges for Sale" by Charles Pugsley Fincher (225)
  
  
• An Introduction to Texas's Justice System (226)
  • Some Important Questions (226)
  • A Changing Focus (227)
  
  
• State Law in Texas (227)
  • Code Revision (228)
  • Criminal Law (228)
    • Graded penalties (228)
    • Enhanced punishment (229)
    • Capital punishment (229)
      • Table 8.1 Selected Non-capital Offenses, Penalties for First Offenders, and Courts Having Original Jurisdiction (230)
  • Civil Law (231)
  
  
• Courts, Judges, and Lawyers (232)
  • Local Trial Courts (232)
    • Municipal courts (232)
      • Figure 8.1 Court Structure of Texas (233)
      • Table 8.2 Judges and Justices of Texas (234)
    • Justice of the peace courts (235)
    • Small claims courts (236)
  • County Trial Courts (236)
    • Constitutional county courts (236)
    • County courts at law (237)
    • Probate courts (237)
  • State Trial Courts (237)
    • District courts (238)
    • Criminal district courts (238)
  • Appellate Courts (238)
    • Courts of appeals (239)
    • Court of Criminal Appeals (239)
    • Supreme Court (239)
  • Discipling and Removing Judges and Justices (240)
  • Lawyers (240)
  
  
• Juries (241)
  • Grand Jury (242)
  • Trial Jury (242)
  • Qualifications of Jurors (242)
  • Selection of Jurors (243)
  • Compensation of Jurors (243)
  
  
• Judicial Procedures (244)
  • Civil Trial Procedure (244)
    • Pretrial actions (244)
    • Trial of a civil case (245)
    • Appeal of a civil case (245)
  • Criminal Trial Procedure (245)
    • Pretrial actions (246)
    • Trial of a criminal case (246)
    • Verdict and sentence (247)
    • Appeal of a criminal case (247)
  
  
• Correction and Rehabilitation (247)
  • The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (248)
  • Criminal Justice Policy Council (248)
  • State Institutions of Corrections for Adults (249)
    • Prison system (249)
    • Prison problems (249)
      • Photo: Prisoners congregate in a common area of the Coffield Prison Unit in 1984 (250)
    • State felony jails (250)
  • Local Government Jails (251)
    • County jails (251)
    • Municipal jails (251)
  • Private Prisons (252)
  • Supervision of Released Offenders (252)
    • Community supervision (252)
    • Parole (252)
    • Rehabilitation (254)
  
  
• Juvenile Justice (254)
  • State and Local Agencies (254)
  • Procedures and Institutions (255)
    • Referral (255)
    • Court procedures (255)
    • Texas Youth Commission (256)
    • Prevention (256)
      • Figure 8.2 Service Areas and Facilities of the Texas Youth Commission (257)
  
  
• Problems and Reforms: Implication for Public Policy (258)
  • Coping with Crowded Dockets (258)
  • Judicial Selection (258)
  • Rights of Crime Victims (259)
  
  
• Looking Ahead (260)
  
  
• Notes (261)
  
  
• Key Terms and Concepts (262)
  
  
• Selected Reading: "Texas Prisons: Myths . . . and Realities" by Glen Castlebury (263)
  • TV and AC (263)
  • Lots of Work and No Pay (264)
  • Community Service (264)
  • Sick Call (265)
  • Dress Code (265)
  • Chow Time (265)
  • School Bells (265)