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Committee:	House Criminal Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Courts | Crime | Deferred adjudication | Human trafficking | Public defenders | Veterans |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 C868h
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [38 pages  File size: 807 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the deferred adjudication system in Texas and recommend legislative changes.
2.	Study how the state presently supports the establishment and maintenance of public defender offices.
3.	Study the human and sex trafficking problem in Texas. Make recommendations on best practices in the areas of investigation, prosecution, and tracking of the victims of these crimes. Study whether victims of these crimes are allowed to adequately recover from their attackers in a civil cause of action. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
4.	Monitor the implementation of SB 1940, 81st R.S., which established veterans court programs in Texas, and examine the link between combat stress disorders of war veterans, including post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, and the onset of criminal behavior. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs
5.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.

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