CENTRAL IOWA TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO STREET CRIME PROJECT - DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION, FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 1975 THROUGH JULY 31, 1976

• NCJ Number: 39943
• Author(s): C M PALMER; M G MILLER; R S DAVIS; I H MARSHALL
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 289 pages
• Corporate Author: United Way of Greater Des Moines
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO STREET CRIME PROJECT (TASC) INTERRUPTS THE CYCLE OF CONTINUAL ARREST IN WHICH MANY DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS FIND THEMSELVES.

Abstract

THE CENTRAL IOWA TASC PROJECT WHICH BECAME OPERATIONAL IN OCTOBER 1975, IS ONE OF MORE THAN 36 SUCH NATIONAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE LEAA. THIS REPORT COVERS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROJECT'S OPERATION AND IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR PARTS. FIRST, A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODOLOGY USED IS GIVEN DISCUSSING SAMPLING PROCEDURES, DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS, OPERATIONALIZATION OF KEY VARIABLES, LIMITATIONS OF DATA, AND STATISTICS. SECOND, THE CLIENT FLOW, REFERRALS, AND TREATMENT COUNSELORS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE TASC PROGRAM ARE ANALYZED USING QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS AND OTHER METHODS. THE THIRD SECTION CONSISTS OF CONCLUSIONS AND INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM BE BETTER DEFINED FOR THE COUNSELORS, RECORD-KEEPING SYSTEM BE REVAMPED, POTENTIAL REFERRAL SOURCES BE EXTENSIVELY EXPLORED, AND INDIVIDUALS CLASSIFIED AS REJECTED BE REDEFINED. APPENDIXES CONSIST OF TASC ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SYSTEMS ANALYSIS STATISTICS, PROPOSALS, AND QUESTIONNAIRES AND FORMS USED IN THE STUDY....TWH DES MOINES