ISAP Researchers' Profiles

David Farabee, Ph.D.

David Farabee, Ph.D. is Research Psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles and Director of the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) Juvenile Justice Research Group. Prior to this he served as lead analyst for criminal justice research at the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (1992-1995), and as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Research Scientist at the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (1995-1997). He is currently Principal Investigator of an evaluation of a statewide program to transition mentally ill inmates back into the community (funded by the California Department of Corrections), and Co-Principal Investigator of the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS) (funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse) and the Treatment Services Impact study (also funded by NIDA).

Dr. Farabee has published in the areas of substance abuse, adult and juvenile crime, HIV/AIDS, and offender treatment, was co-editor of the recent book “Treatment of Drug Offenders” (2002, New York: Springer), author of “Rethinking Rehabilitation: Why Can’t We Reform Our Criminals?” (Washington, D.C.: AEI Press), and is currently co-editor of “The Offender Substance Abuse Report,” a bimonthly report published by the Civic Research Institute. He is also a member of the U.S. Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention for the Centers for Disease Control.

Education and Training

• University of Texas, Austin, B.A., Psychology, 1985
• Texas A&M University, Commerce, M.S., Psychology, 1988
• Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Ph.D., Experimental Psych., 1992

Specialties

• Drugs & Crime
• Program Evaluation
• Offender Interventions

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
dfarabee@ucla.edu

Selected Publications

1999   Farabee, D., Logan, T., & Leukefeld, C.G.  Opportunities for AIDS prevention in a rural state:  Criminal justice and substance abuse treatment settings.  Substance Use and Misuse, 34 (4 & 5), 617-632.

1999   Farabee, D., Prendergast, M.L., Cartier, J., Wexler, W., Knight., K., & Anglin, M.D. Barriers to implementing effective correctional treatment programs. The Prison Journal, 79(2), 150-162.

1999   Hays, L.R., Farabee, D., & Patel, P. Characteristics of cocaine users in a private inpatient setting. Journal of Drug Education, 29 (2), 157-164.

2001  Farabee, D., Joshi, V., & Anglin, M.D. Addiction careers and criminal specialization. Crime & Delinquency, 47(2), 196-220.

2001   Farabee, D., Shen, H., Hser, Y.I., Grella, C., & Anglin, M.D. The effect of substance abuse treatment on adolescent criminality. Journal of Adolescent Research, 16(6), 679-696.

2001  Prendergast, M.L., Farabee, D., & Cartier, J. The impact of in-prison therapeutic community programs on prison management. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 32(3), 63-78.

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

2002   Farabee, D. Re-examining Martinson’s critique: A cautionary note for evaluators. Crime & Delinquency,48(1), 189-192.

2002   Farabee, D., Shen, H., & Sanchez, S. Perceived coercion and treatment need among  mentally ill parolees. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 29(1), 76-86.

2002   Leukefeld, C.G., Farabee, D.,  Dennis, M.L., Wechsberg, W.M., Inciardi, J.A., Surratt, H.L., Compton, W.M.,Cottler, L.B., Klein, H., Hoffman, J.A., & Desmond, D.  Real and perceived HIV risk by population density. Journal of Drug Issues, 31(4), 889-900.

2002   Prendergast, M.L., Farabee, D., Cartier, J., & Henken, S. Coerced treatment within a prison setting: Impact on psychosocial change during  treatment. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 29(1), 5-26.

2002   Farabee, D. Addicted to treatment: Ideology is trumping science in our quest to rehabilitate offenders. Forbes, December 23. p.60.

2002   Farabee, D. Editor of special issue: Making people change: The effectiveness of coerced psychological treatment. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 29(1).

2002   Farabee, D. Re-examining Martinson’s critique: A cautionary note for evaluators. Crime & Delinquency, 48(1), 189-192.

2002   Farabee, D., Prendergast, M.L., & Cartier, J.Alcohol, the “un-drug.”  Psychiatric Services, 53 (11), 1375-1376.

2002   Farabee, D., Prendergast, M.L., & Cartier, J. Methamphetamine use and HIV risk among substance-abusing offenders in California. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 34(3), 295-300.

2002   Rawson, R.A, Huber, A., McCann, M., Shoptaw, S., Farabee, D., Reiber, C., & Ling, W. A comparison of contingency management and cognitive-behavioral approaches during methadone maintenance treatment for cocaine dependence. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59, 817-824.

2003   Hegamin, A., & Farabee, D. RSAT programs for youngh offenders in California: A Descriptive Study. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 37,          123-138.

2003   Hser, Y.I., Teruya, C., Evans, E., Longshore, D., Grella, C., & Farabee, D. Treating drug-abusing offenders: Initial findings from a five-county study on the impact of California’s Proposition 36 on treatment system and patient outcomes. Evaluation Review, 27 (5),479-505.

2003   Messina, N., Farabee, D., & Rawson, R. Treatment responsivity of cocaine-dependent patients with antisocial personality disorder in cognitive behavioral and contingency management interventions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71(2), 320-329.

2004   Farabee, D., Hser, Y.H., Anglin, M.D., & Huang, D. Recidivism among an early cohort of California’s Proposition 36 offenders. Criminology & Public Policy, 3(4), 501-522.

2004   Farabee, D., Shen, H., & Sanchez, S.  Program-level predictors of antipsychotic medication adherence among parolees. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 48(5), 561-571.

2004   Farabee, D., & Shen, H.Antipsychotic medication adherence, cocaine use, and recidivism among a parolee sample.Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 467-476.

2004   Prendergast, M.L., Campos, M., Farabee, D., Evans, W., & Martinez, J. Reducing substance use in prison: The California Department of            Corrections Drug Reduction Strategy Project. The Prison Journal, 84 (2), 265-280.

In press   Cartier, J., Farabee, D., & Prendergast, M.L. Methamphetamine use, violence, and recidivism among California parolees. Journal of          Interpersonal Violence.

Last updated - 06/22/2007

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