In September 2024, thousands of crime survivors from across the country marched on Washington. Outside the Capitol, they rallied to champion a new approach to safety and justice rooted in crime prevention, violence interruption, mental health, addiction treatment, and trauma recovery for all.

This report shows that clear majorities of American voters support the policies that crime survivors traveled to D.C. to promote. Like survivors, voters support rehabilitation over punishment. They believe that jobs, housing, and mental health and addiction treatment are more effective ways to prevent crime than long sentences. They believe that survivors of violence should be able to access the services they need to heal. And they believe that crime prevention programs are the most important public safety services to protect from budget cuts.