Stephanie Roper's mother has been responsible for pushing nearly three dozen laws through the Maryland legislature to provide restitution to crime victims, give victims the right to file impact statements with courts, and order courts to notify victims of all hearings involving their assailants. The mother believes victims and survivors want the criminal justice system to give them information, need a certain amount of compassion and understanding, and want satisfaction with the criminal justice process. She feels victims should be heard in criminal trials and strongly recommends grass roots efforts by victims and survivors to ensure the criminal justice process is not dominated by judges, prosecutors, and lawyers.