Last Chance in Texas The Redemption of Criminal Youth

Name: Last Chance in Texas The Redemption of Criminal Youth
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ISBN: 9780375759987

ISBN-10: 0375759980

ISBN-13: 9780375759987

Edition: N/A

Authors: John Hubner

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A powerful, bracing and deeply spiritual look at intensely, troubled youth, Last Chance in Texas gives a stirring account of the way one remarkable prison rehabilitates its inmates. While reporting on the juvenile court system, journalist John Hubner kept hearing about a facility in Texas that ran the most aggressive-and one of the most successful-treatment programs for violent young offenders in America. How was it possible, he wondered, that a state like Texas, famed for its hardcore attitude toward crime and punishment, could be leading the way in the rehabilitation of violent and troubled youth? Now Hubner shares the surprising answers he found over months of unprecedented access to the…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.21" wide x 7.95" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

John Hubner is a former staff writer at the Boston Phoenix. He was also a magazine writer and investigative reporter for many years at the San Jose Mercury News, where he is now the regional editor. He lives with his wife and two children in Santa Cruz. From the Hardcover edition.