Expert Findings
Proposition 5, the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act (NORA), is directly derived from recommendations and research findings by numerous criminal justice and treatment experts, blue-ribbon commissions, academic researchers, and policy makers.
Expert Recommendations in Prop. 5 (PDF)
Expert reports that informed Prop. 5, or that support the measure’s reforms, include:
- University of California Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act 2001-2006, Final Report, April 13, 2007.
- Little Hoover Commission, Solving California’s Corrections Crisis: Time is Running Out, January 2007.
- Little Hoover Commission, Addressing Addiction: Improving and Integrating California’s Substance Abuse Treatment System, March 27, 2008.
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Expert Panel on Adult Offender Reentry and Recidivism Reduction Programs, Report to the California State Legislature: A Roadmap for Effective Offender Programming in California, June 2007.
- Dr. Joan Petersilia (Professor of Criminology, Law & Society, UC Irvine; Special Advisor for Policy, Planning and Research, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2003-2007), Understanding California Corrections, 2006.
- Corrections Independent Review Panel (aka the Deukmejian Commission), Reforming Corrections: Report of the Independent Review Panel, 2004.
- Office of the Inspector General, Matthew L. Cate, Inspector General, Special Review Into In-Prison Substance Abuse Programs Managed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, February 2007.
- Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), Analysis of the 2007-08 Budget Bill: Health and Social Services, Alcohol and Drug Programs (4200), February 21, 2007.
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System, Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 44. DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 05-4056. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005.
- Steve Aos, Marna Miller, and Elizabeth Drake, Evidence-Based Adult Corrections Programs: What Works and What Does Not, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, 2006.
- Steve Aos and Robert Barnoski, Washington’s Offender Accountability Act: A First Look at Outcomes, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, 2005.
- California Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, Meeting on Corrections and Other Open Issues, June 5, 2008.
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Governor’s 2008-09 Budget May Revise, May 2008.