Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) program records

Collection

Identifier: 0283.001

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: circa 1971-1979

Creator

Boston (Mass.). Office of the Mayor (Organization)

Historical note

The Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime program (TASC) was funded by a federal grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration during the administration of Mayor Kevin H. White. The goal of the program was to interrupt the cycle of street crime and incarceration through the treatment of the opiate-addicted who require the leverage of the criminal justice system to participate in treatment.