The TASC-Drug Treatment Program Connection: Cooperation, Cooptation or Corruption of Treatment Objectives?.

Hirschel, J. D.; McCarthy, Belinda Rodgers

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ERIC Number: EJ297802

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Publication Date: 1983

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The TASC-Drug Treatment Program Connection: Cooperation, Cooptation or Corruption of Treatment Objectives?

Hirschel, J. D.; McCarthy, Belinda Rodgers

Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, v8 n1-2 p117-30 Fall-Win 1983

Describes the impact of the Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) program, designed to identify criminal offenders with drug problems and refer them for treatment. Despite an increase in size and changes in client characteristics, the influx of TASC-referred drug abusers did not decrease program effectiveness. (JAC)

Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Criminals, Drug Rehabilitation, Program Effectiveness, Referral, School Role

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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