Publications

Articles on Substance Abuse among Criminal Justice Populations
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  • Burdon, W., Kilian, T. C., Koutsenok, I., & Prendergast, M. (2001). Treating substance-abusing sex offenders in a correctional environment. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 1(1), 3-4, 11-12.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Campos, M., Prendergast, M., Evans, W., & Martinez, J. (2003). The California Department of Corrections Drug Reduction Strategy project. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 3(4), 49-64
  • Falkin, G., Prendergast, M., & Anglin, M. D. (1994). Drug treatment within the criminal justice system. Federal Probation, 58(3), 31-36.
  • Farabee, D., Prendergast, M., & Anglin, M. D. (1998). The effectiveness of coerced treatment for drug-abusing offenders. Federal Probation, 62(1), 3-10.
  • Farabee, D., Prendergast, M., Cartier, J., Knight, K., Wexler, H., & Anglin, M (1999). Barriers to the implementation of prison-based substance abuse treatment programs. Prison Journal, 79(2), 150-162.
  • Farabee, D., Shen, H., Hser, Y.I., Grella, C.E., and Anglin, M.D. (2001). The effect of drug treatment on criminal behavior among adolescents in DATOS-A. Journal of Adolescent Research, 16(6), 679-696.
  • Farabee, D., Prendergast, M., & Cartier, J. (2002). Methamphetamine use and HIV risk among substance-abusing offenders in California. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 34(3), 295-300.
  • Farabee, D., Shen, H., Prendergast, M., & Cartier, J. (2004). The effectiveness of coerced admission to prison-based drug treatment. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 4(4), 49-50, 56-59.
  • Farabee, D., & Shen, H.(In Press). Antipsychotic medication adherence, cocaine use, and recidivism among a parolee sample. Behavioral Sciences and the Law.
  • Grella, C.E., Annon, J.J., and Anglin, M.D. (2000). Drug use and risk for HIV among women arrestees in California. AIDS and Behavior, 4(3), 289-295.
  • Grella, C.E., Stein, J.A., & Greenwell, L. (In Press). Associations among Childhood Trauma, Adolescent Problem Behaviors, and Adverse Adult Outcomes in Substance-Abusing Women Offenders. Psychology of Addictive Behavior.
  • Hall, E. A., Baldwin, D. M., & Prendergast, M. (2001). Substance abuse treatment: Barriers to success for women on parole. Human Organization, 60(3), 225-233.
  • Hall, E., Prendergast, M. Wellisch, J., Patten, M., & Cao, Y. (2004). Treating drug-abusing women prisoners: An outcomes evaluation of the Forever Free Program. Prison Journal, 84(1), 81-105.
  • Hser, Y.I., Teruya, C., Evans, E., Longshore, D., Grella, C., & Farabee, D. (2003). 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
  • McCollister, K., French, M., Prendergast, M., Wexler, H., Sacks, S., Hall, E. (2003). Is in-prison treatment enough? A cost-effectiveness analysis of prison-based treatment and aftercare services for substance-abusing offenders. Law and Policy, 25(1), 63-81.
  • Messina, N., & Prendergast, M. (2001). Therapeutic community treatment for women in prison: Some success, but the jury is still out. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 1(4), 49-50, 54-56.
  • 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.
  • Prendergast, M., Anglin, M. D., & Wellisch, J. (1995). Treatment for drug-abusing offenders under community supervision. Federal Probation, 59(4), 66-75. (Reprinted in J. Petersilia (Ed.), Community Corrections: Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.)
  • Prendergast, M., Wellisch, J., & Falkin, G. (1995). Assessment and services for substance-abusing women offenders in community and correctional settings. Prison Journal, 75(2), 240-256.
  • Prendergast, M., Wellisch, J., & Wong, M. (1996). Residential treatment for women parolees following prison drug treatment: Treatment experiences, needs and services, outcomes. Prison Journal, 76(3), 253-274.
  • Prendergast, M., Farabee, D., & Cartier, J. (2001). The impact of in-prison therapeutic community programs on prison management. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 32(3), 63-78.
  • Prendergast, M., Farabee, D., & Cartier, J. (2002). Corrections-based substance abuse programs: Good for inmates, good for prisons. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 2(6), 81-82, 91-92.
  • Prendergast, M., Farabee, D., Cartier, J., & Henkin, S. (2002). Involuntary treatment within a prison setting: Impact on psychosocial change during treatment. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 29(1), 5-26.
  • Prendergast, M., Hall, E., & Wexler, H. (2003). Multiple measures of outcome in assessing a prison-based drug treatment program.. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 37(3-4), 65-94.
  • Prendergast, M., Campos, M., Evans, W., & Martinez, J. (2004) Evaluation of the California Department of Corrections Drug Reduction Strategy. Prison Journal, 84(2), 265-280.
  • Prendergast, M., Hall, E., Wexler, H., Melnick, G., & Cao, Y. (2004). Amity prison-based therapeutic community: Five-year outcomes. Prison Journal, 84(1), 36-60.
  • Prendergast, M., & Wexler, H. (2004). Correctional substance-abuse treatment programs in California: A historical perspective. Prison Journal, 84(1), 8-35.
  • Wellisch, J., Anglin, M. D., & Prendergast, M. (1993). Numbers and characteristics of drug-using women in the criminal justice system: Implications for treatment. Journal of Drug Issues, 23(1), 7-30.
  • Wellisch, J., Prendergast, M., & Anglin, M. D. (1993). Criminal justice and drug treatment systems linkage: Federal promotion of interagency collaboration in the 1970s. Contemporary Drug Problems, 20(4), 611-650.
  • Wellisch, J., Prendergast, M., & Anglin, M. D. (1994). Jail: A found opportunity for intervening with substance-abusing pregnant women. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 1(1), 17-38.
  • Wellisch, J., Prendergast, M., & Anglin, M. D. (1995). Toward a drug abuse treatment system. Journal of Drug Issues, 25(4), 759-782.
  • Wellisch, J., Prendergast, M., & Anglin, M. D. (1996). Needs assessment and services for drug-abusing women offenders: Results from a national survey of community-based treatment programs. Women and Criminal Justice, 8(1), 27-60.

Books and Book Chapters on Substance Abuse among Criminal Justice Populations
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  • Prendergast, M., Anglin, M. D., & Wellisch, J. (1998). Community-based treatment for substance-abusing offenders: Principles and practice of effective service delivery. In B. J. Acerbate & T. C. Castellano (Eds.), Successful Community Sanctions and Services for Special Offenders (pp. 75-115). Lanham, MD: American Correctional Association.
  • 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.
  • Wellisch, J., Anglin, M. D., & Prendergast, M. (1993). Treatment strategies for drug-abusing women offenders. In J. Inciardi (Ed.), Drug Treatment and Criminal Justice (pp. 5-29). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

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