David Farabee

Biography David Farabee, Ph.D., co-directs BetaGov. He is also professor-in-residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and a principal investigator at the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. He has published in the areas of substance abuse, adult and juvenile crime, and offender treatment, was co-editor of the books Treatment of Drug Offenders (2002; New York: Springer) and Treating Addicted Offenders: A Continuum of Effective Practices, Volumes I and II (2004, 2007; New York: Civic Research Institute), author of Rethinking Rehabilitation: Why Can’t We Reform Our Criminals? (2005; Washington: AEI Press), and co-editor of the Offender Programs Report. Dr. Farabee has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Texas, as well as a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Texas Christian University.