since 1994, congress has amended vawa to add stalking to the purpose area of grant programs, broadening the stalking statute to protect victims of sirp stalking and enhancing penalties for repeat offenders. just last year in the most recent reauthorization, congress closed a loophole in the federal cyber stalking statute to permit federal prosecutors to pursue cases pr the offender and victim both lived in the same state. congress also amended the jean cleary campus security act to require that universities report crime statistics on incidents of stalking. as you both know, stalking is a complex crime and it continues to be misunderstood and very much underestimated. incidents of stalking behavior, whether considered separately, may seem relatively innocuous. however stalking behavior tends to escalate over time, and it's often paired with or followed by sexual assault, physical abuse or homicide, as chairman franken pointed out. its victims feel isolated, vulnerable, and frightened and tend to suffer from anxiety from depression and from insomnia. results of the 2010 national intimate

since 1994, congress has amended vawa to address our growing understanding of this crime, adding stalking to the purpose areas of grant programs, broaden the federal interstate stalking statute to protect victims of cyberstalking and enhancing penalties for repeat stalking offenders. just last year in the most recent vaba reauthorization, congress closed a loophole in the federal cyberstalking statute to permit federal prosecutors to pursuit cases where the offender and the victim both lived in the same state. congress also amended the jean require that universities report crime statistics on incidents of stalking. as you both know, stalking is a complex crime and it continues to be misunderstood and very much underestimated. incidents of stalking behavior, when considered separately, may seem relatively innocuous. however, stalking behavior tends to escalate over time. and it's often paired with or followed by sexual assault, physical its victims feel isolated, vulnerable, and frightened and tend to suffer from anxiety from depression and from insomnia. results of the 2010 national intim

one of the important changes under the vawa amendments again is we are going to start to look more closely at issues of culture, climate, damaging traditions. there's lots of that in the military we see. especially along the lines of hazing. when you create that culture where these things are allowed to occur, next thing you get is sexual assault happening in high number without any proper law enforcement response or disciplinary response. this is something we would definitely like to work with you on going forward. and to also look beyond rotc to the very enduring problems we see in athletic programs, fraternities and sororities and other organizations on campus. >> thank you, senator baldwin. senator murphy. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you both for being here. i wanted to follow up on question senator murray asked. she was asking about best practices with respect to prevention. i wanted to turn to the investigation and disciplinary process in a publicized case, columbia. students feel a second victimization when they go through the process of reporting and testifying to t

one of the important changes under the vawa amendments again is we are going to start to look more closely at issues of culture, climate, damaging traditions. there's lots of that in the military we see. especially along the lines of hazing. when you create that culture where these things are allowed to occur, next thing you get is sexual assault happening in high number without any proper law enforcement response or disciplinary response. this is something we would definitely like to work with you on going forward. and to also look beyond rotc to the very enduring problems we see in athletic programs, fraternities and sororities and other organizations on campus. >> thank you, senator baldwin. senator murphy. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you both for being here. i wanted to follow up on question senator murray asked. she was asking about best practices with respect to prevention. i wanted to turn to the investigation and disciplinary process in a publicized case, columbia. students feel a second victimization when they go through the process of reporting and testifying to t

one of the other tools that is in the new vawa requirements is that we are going to require schools to have primary prevention programs. primary prevaenention only workn a proactive way. if you have problems in an rotc program, in the athletic departments, fraternities, sororities, you have to make sure that training is designed to address all of those issues. to get to these issues of culture and claimant and tradition that are problematic on campuses, we have to get an understanding of harassment, hazing, several other factors if we're going to be effective. so thank you very much. >> perfect. thank you very much to both of you. thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> senator warren? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. the topics of this hearing couldn't be more important. our young people go to college to learn about the world, to start their careers while they're working hard to build their futures. they should at the least feel safe on campus. and they should feel confident that if they are victims of crimes the people around them will respond quickly and with respect and compassi