Speeches and Testimony

From the National Center for Victims of Crime Executive Director and Staff

On the Victims of Crime Act and Other Funding Issues

• The Victims of Crime Act: 25 Years of Protecting and Supporting Victims
  Testimony of Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (4/28/09)
• Need For Victim Service and Law Enforcement Funding in the Stimulus Bill Testimony of Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (1/8/09)
• Supporting Crime Victims through Federal Funding
  Testimony of Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives (9/18/08)
• VOCA Fund Testimony
  Testimony of Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, on VOCA Fund to the House Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations (4/8/05)
• Regarding the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Fund
  Testimony of Susan Herman submitted to the House and Senate Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, Committees on Appropriations (4/11/03)

On the Rights of Crime Victims

• The Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004
  Testimony of Susan Smith Howley, Public Policy Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Subcommittee on Ctime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives (9/29/09)
• Amending the Sentencing Guidelines and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to Protect the Rights of Victims
  Testimony of Susan Smith Howley, Public Policy Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the U.S. Sentencing Commission (7/10/09)
• Implementation of the Crime Victims' Rights Provisions of The Justice for All Ac
  Testimony of Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, June 21, 2006.
• Recognizing and Meeting the Needs of Victims of Crime
  Mary Lou Leary's remarks at "Interventions for Crime Victims" conference in Rome, Italy (1/21/06)
• Supporting and Protecting Victims: Making it Happen
  Speech by Susan Herman, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime at the National Victims Conference, London, England (4/28/04)

On Violence Against Women, Rape, and Sexual Violence

• National Center Urges Topeka to Restore Its Domestic Violence Law
  Statement of Mai Fernandez, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime
• Funding for Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Grant Program
  Testimony of Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, U.S. Senate (4/27/07)
• Funding for Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Grant Program
  Testimony of Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, U.S. House of Representatives (3/30/07). 
• VAWA 2005 Reauthorization Testimony
  Testimony of Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, on the reathorization of the Violence Against Women Act, presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee (7/19/05).
• Ten Years of VAWA
  Remarks on stalking from March 11 Congressional Briefing (3/11/04) 

On DNA Development

• Ensuring the Effective Use of DNA Evidence to Solve Rape Cases Nationwide
  Testimony of Susan Smith Howley, Public Policy Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate (12/15/09)
• Maximizing the Potential of Forensic DNA
  Remarks by Mary Lou Leary, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the New Orleans Criminal Justice Community Meeting (7/21/08)
• On the Subject of DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2002
  Before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
  Washington, DC

On Stalking and the Use of Technology to Victimize

• Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy
  Testimony of Mai Fernandez, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law (5/10/2011)

On Victim Restitution and Collection Procedure

• The Federal Victims Compensation Fund and Civil Lawsuits
  Opening Remarks at the Critical Choices Forum
  New York City, NY
• Restorative Justice
  Before the International Symposium on Victimology
  Montreal, Canada

On Youth Victimization

• A Spotlight on Teen Victims
  Lifetime Television for Women Congressional Briefing on Violence against Women

Miscellaneous Speeches and Testimonies

• Parallel Justice: A Matter of Conscience
  University of Vermont
• Parallel Justice
  At the National Press Club
  Washington, D.C.
  Listen to the event on NPR
• Driver Privacy Protection
  Before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Transportation
  Washington, D.C.
• Elder Fraud
  Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
  Washington, D.C.
• Identity Theft
  at the National Summit on Identity Theft
  Washington, D.C.