Treatment alternatives to street crime

These studies point to TASC's success and effectiveness in programming through specific critical program elements. The specific program elements shown to be successful through various studies were: the establishment of the broad-based support by the criminal justice and treatment systems; the use of an offender eligibility criteria that assists in the early identification, assessment, and referral of the previously unidentified drug-dependent offender; and a comprehensive monitoring or case management system that holds the client accountable and has proven to reduce client rearrest rates and improve the treatment performance of the drug-dependent offender. Conversely, these studies have also shown that the lack of data collection and evaluation has hindered TASC programming.