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Supporting Crime Victims

When Hardy Myers entered the Oregon Legislature in 1975, crime victims in Oregon had no assured rights, there was no victims' compensation program, no crime victims' assistance program in any District Attorney's office, and very few nonprofit organizations serving crime victims.

As chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Hardy helped shape and guide to passage Oregon's crime victims' compensation program, one of the first in the nation. As Attorney General, Hardy has led the compensation program to a high level of performance in terms of the speed with which claims are paid.

As Attorney General Hardy has also:

  • Distributed several million dollars of federal Victims of Crime Act funds and state crime victims' funds to help support District Attorney Victims' Assistance Programs and nonprofit corporations serving crime victims;

  • Distributed Oregon's share of settlement of an antitrust case to legal aid programs aiding women, and their children, ending abusive relationships;

  • Created and led the Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force which has worked to help create a coordinated community response to sexual assault through multidisciplinary training--law enforcement, prosecutors, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, victims' advocates--and creation of Sexual Assault Response Teams in every county in Oregon;

  • Led the work that passed SB 752 (2003 regular session) creating the Sexual Assault Victims Emergency Medical Response Fund which ensures that every victim of sexual assault can get a basic medical examination, forensic evidence collection (if the victim wants to report her assault to law enforcement), and sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy prophylaxis without cost to her. The Fund does not claim any taxpayer dollars; it is supported entirely by gifts, grants and donations;

  • Created and led the Attorney General's Restitution Reform Task Force, which is working to reform Oregon law to ensure that all criminal offenders are held accountable to their victims for the economic losses they cause;

  • Worked with the Department of Corrections to implement the Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE) system, which provides automated notification to crime victims of any change in his or her offender's status;

  • Created and led, as provided by Senate Bill 81 (2001 regular session), the work of creating standards for programs intervening with domestic violence batterers;

  • Helped to pass HB 2918 (2001 regular session) that created the Oregon Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Fund--the Legislature's first General Fund commitment to fight domestic violence and sexual assault; and chaired the Advisory Committee that prepared the first plan for distribution of Fund grants to domestic violence and sexual assault victims' service providers;

  • Funded a comprehensive statewide evaluation of crime victims' service needs by a grant to Portland State University's Regional Research Institute.

 

 


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