ISAP Researchers' Profiles

William M. Burdon, Ph.D.

Dr. Burdon has been with ISAP for eight years. He is the Principal Investigator of two NIDA-funded studies: a 4-year NIDA-funded study that will test the impact of a behavioral reinforcement intervention on inmate engagement in prison-based substance abuse treatment and assess the process by which this evidence-based innovation is implemented and sustained within prison-based treatment programs, and a 5-year study that will test the differential clinical- and cost-effectiveness of long-term residential versus intensive outpatient prison-based substance abuse treatment. He is also a study director at the Pacific Coast Research Center of NIDA’s Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS) collaborative. He was previously the Project Director of two multi-site evaluation studies of prison-based therapeutic community substance abuse treatment programs (1998-2004), funded by the California Department of Corrections (CDC). Dr. Burdon’s areas of expertise include substance abuse treatment and corrections policy, contingency management in substance abuse treatment settings, sex offender treatment, and HIV/AIDS among incarcerated and post-incarcerated populations, and he is experienced in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Dr. Burdon has authored publications on prison-based substance abuse treatment, contingency management, sanctions and incentives in prison-based substance abuse treatment programs, and organizational and systems aspects of substance abuse treatment with criminal justice populations and within correctional settings.

Education and Training

• Bradley University, Peoria, IL, B.S., Accounting, 1981
• San Francisco State University, M.A., Social Psychology, 1994
• Claremont Graduate University, Ph.D., Social Psychology, 1999

Specialties

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Criminal Justice Research Group
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA  90025
Phone: 310.267.5523
Fax: 310.312.0559
Email: wburdon@ucla.edu

Selected Publications

Burdon, W. M. (1996).  Deception in intimate relationships: A comparison of heterosexuals and homosexuals/bisexuals.  Journal of Homosexuality, 32 (1), 77-93.

Eisen, V., Abraham, E., Burdon, W. M., & Hurdle, F (2000). Community behind the walls: Challenges facing in-custody therapeutic communities. Proceedings of the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities 20th World Conference. San Francisco, CA: Walden House, Inc.

Burdon, W., Roll, J. M., Prendergast, M., & Rawson, R. (2001). Drug courts and contingency management. Journal of Drug Issues, 31(1), 73-90.

Burdon, W., Kilian, T. C., Koutsenok, I., & Prendergast, M. (2001). Treating substance-abusing sex offenders in a correctional environment: Lessons from the California experience. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 1(1), 3-4, 11-12.

Prendergast, M. L., & Burdon, W. M. (2001). Diversion programs for offenders: The importance of systems issues. Connection.

Prendergast, M., & Burdon, W. (2002). Integrated system of care for substance-abusing offenders. In C. Leukefeld, F. Tims, & D. Farabee (Eds.), Clinical and Policy Responses to Drug Offenders (pp. 111-127). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Burdon, W. M., & Gallagher, C. A. (2002). Coercion and sex offenders: Controlling sex offending behavior through incapacitation and treatment. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 29(1), 87-109.

Burdon, W. M., Farabee, D., Prendergast, M. L., Messina, N. P., Cartier, J. (2002). Evaluating prison-based therapeutic community substance abuse programs: The California initiative. Proceedings of the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities 21st World Conference. Melbourne, Australia: World Federation of Therapeutic Communities.

Burdon, W. M., Farabee, D., Prendergast, M. L., Messina, N. P., Cartier, J. (2002). Prison-based substance abuse programs: Implementation and operational issues. Federal Probation, 66(3), 3-8.

Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M. (2003). Assessing the needs of women in institutional therapeutic communities. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 37(2), 89-106.

Messina, N., Burdon, W., Prendergast, M., & Patten. (2003). Assessing the needs of women in prison-based therapeutic communities. Women, Girls, and Criminal Justice, 4(3) 33-48.

Burdon, W. M., Prendergast, M. L., Eisen, V., & Messina, N. (2003). Sanctions and Rewards in Prison-Based Therapeutic Community Treatment: Promoting Client Engagement in Treatment. Federal Probation,67(2), 47-52.

Burdon, W. M., Messina, N., & Prendergast, M. L. (2004). The California Treatment Expansion Initiative: Aftercare Participation, Recidivism, and Predictors of Outcomes. Prison Journal, 84(1), 61-80.

Messina, N., Burdon, W., Hagopian, G., & Prendergast, M. (2004). One year return to custody rates among co-disordered offenders.  Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 503-518.

Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M. (2004). Behavioral reinforcement in prison-based substance abuse treatment: Integrating an evidence-based innovation. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 4(3), 33, 39-43.

Burdon, W., Kilian, T. C., Koutsenok, I., & Prendergast, M. (2004). Providing treatment to substance-abusing sex offenders in Correctional Environments: Lessons from California. In K. Knight & D. Farabee (Eds.), Treating addicted offenders: A continuum of effective practices. New York: Civic Research Institute.

Messina, N., Burdon, W., Hagopian, G., & Prendergast, M. (in press).  Predictors of prison TC treatment outcomes: A comparison of men and women participants. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 31(3).

Roll, J., Prendergast, M., Richardson, K., Burdon, W., & Ramirez, A. Identifying predictors of treatment outcome in a drug court program. American Journal of Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

Last updated - 06/22/2007

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