Irvin Waller is a dynamic speaker. He has an international reputation for his knowledge of what halts crime and protects victims. He has won international prizes and recognition for his success in getting that knowledge implemented. He has a special skill for framing the issues so that governments listen.
He is regularly invited and reinvited to speak in English across North America, the UK and Australia. His ability to communicate in English, French and Spanish have led to many invitations and repeat performances in Europe, Latin America and Asia. He continues to speak at workshops at UN meetings. He presents logical solutions that have made headlines from Buenos Aires to London.
He interests his audiences with examples of successful implementation. He highlights the convincing evidence. He speaks with the authority of an author whose book on prevention is not only available in Spanish, French, Chinese and German but influencing major shifts in crime policy. His new book on victim rights continues his major role in shifting policy to prioritize victims and will be in Spanish in 2011.
Among the themes that have made him popular are:
- 1. Let’s Act Boldly to Stop Violent Crime
- Thirty years of only spending on punishing violent offenders has increased taxes, violated victim rights, and done little to stop violent crime. Less Law, More Order shows how governments and cities across the world can also invest smartly in using proven and successful strategies to stop violence, reduce taxes and provide better futures for our youth, women and neighborhoods. It shows how to fight crime, prioritize victims and protect taxpayers. Now let´s get our leaders to act boldly.
- 2. Let’s Guarantee Rights for Victims of Crime
- Victims of crime want respect, safety, reparation and justice. Governments talk about it but it is time to rebalance justice and invest in meeting the needs of victims. He identifies the needs of victims and the standards agreed by governments. He uses science to show what police and courts must do to guarantee those rights as well as where legislators must invest to guarantee services and foster reparation. Now let’s get governments to do it.
