Victim Support Quotes

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.

As a parent who is also a journalist, when I talk to the brother and the sister of a victim or the parent of a victim, I put myself in their position and imagine what would it be like if that happened to me.

Children especially deserve our support after they are rescued from those who have victimized them.

We need society, and particularly the victims of crime, to believe justice is being done.

All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.

Given the devastation that crime can visit on families and communities, I will err on being a little too tough on crime than being too soft on crime.

I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.

To control violence [and other crime] requires a police system of professional investigations and good equipment. We don’t have it.

I sympathize with the victims of Hurricane Sandy and believe that those who purchased flood insurance should have their claims paid.

Whilst long prison sentences will always be right for those who commit the most serious crimes, particularly of a violent or sexual nature, the fact is that the vast majority of all offenders will at some point be released.

In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes.

The key for members of the public is that they want criminals to be punished. They want them taken off the streets. They also want criminals who come out of prison to go straight.

To criminally prosecute a child not old enough to go to the school prom makes no sense, you get much more cooperation from a victim if you give them a safe harbor, a place to live, job training, an education.

I under no circumstances want to be seen as a victim. I have worked with victims of sexual violence and I don't have a candle to hold to the experiences of those victims.

'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.

Restorative justice is not a replacement of retributive justice, but a complement. It seeks the rehabilitation of the wrongdoer and the repair of the victim's injury.

The solution to putting an end to bullying is to stop it at the source but also to find out what is causing the person to behave the way that they do.

If we can't turn the world around we can at least bolster the victims.

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.

Our objective should be to firmly deal with terrorism and its sponsors, financiers, and arms suppliers. At the same time, our doors should always be open for processes which would restore peace, development, and progress to societies which have been devastated by terrorism over many generations.

Many, including the Canadian and U.S. governments, try to provide family support while also maintaining a hard line about further fuelling terrorism and hostage-taking through ransom payments ... Still, try telling that to a mother, or a father, or a husband or wife caught in the powerless agony of standing by.

I'm not asking victims to change their behavior. I'm asking perpetrators not to commit crimes.

Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.

I was never the bully: I was always the one trying to clean up the situation.

All you guys out there that ever got bullied, I'm the guy that's going to help you guys.