• The 2008 State Homeland Security Grant award provides federal funds to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in an endeavor to prevent and respond to potential acts of terrorism. This is a direct award to agencies with Bomb Squad Units.
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• Violent Crime and Socioeconomic Stressors - April 2006 (.pdf, 9 pages)
• Virginia Incident-Based Crime Reporting - December 2005 (.pdf, 4 pages)

• The Research Center recently received the Philip Hoke Award for Excellence in Analysis for the report Setting A Course for the Future of the Criminal Justice System in Virginia: Environmental Scan. Click here to learn more.

The DCJS Criminal Justice Research Center presents its final report on Virginia state, regional and locality crime trends focusing on the 10-year period 1998-2007.  Highlights of the report include:

• From 1998 to 2007 Virginia's rate of violent crime dropped by 13% and the rate of property crime dropped by 23%.
• Virginia's violent crime rate decreased 4% from 2006 to 2007 and the property crime rate was down 1% during the same one year period.
• Virginia’s violent and property crime rates have been consistently below national levels and below the levels of most of the states bordering Virginia.
• Out of all 50 states Virginia’s 2007 violent crime rate ranked 40th from the highest violent rate and the 2007 property crime rate ranked 39th from the highest property rate.
• From 1998 to 2007 the violent crime rate declined in all regions of Virginia except the West Central region.
• The drug arrest rate in Virginia increased by 1% from 1998 to 2007.

To view the complete report, click on the above link.

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