The clients who come to our office are generally victims of serious crime, which includes assault, domestic violence, and homicide. Some of those by nature are excluded from the scope of this bill.
We do, however, speak with a number of clients who approach us through contacts with VWAP offices and police-based victim services. That's how they come to our agency, and also through the Internet. We have a fairly large web presence, and our website is fairly well regarded. They come to us, and most of the evidence, yes, that I present is anecdotal. Each case is individual, and the victims present their perspectives individually.
There have also been some studies done. Julian Roberts and Kent Roach did a questionnaire on the victims' perspective on conditional sentencing. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the questionnaire with me, but it was published recently. It gives some of the information in the last year or so.