Juvenile

The Juvenile Services Section is involved in planning, policy development, and funding of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention initiatives provided through federal or state resources. Section staff provide coordination, program support, technical assistance, training, and monitoring of programs designed to address juvenile justice system improvement and delinquency prevention and programs to improve the investigation, prosecution, and administrative and judicial handling of child abuse cases.

Victims

The Victims Services Section develops, coordinates, and funds victim/witness programs, sexual assault crisis centers, and programs that combat violence against women, including the V-STOP grant program and the Virginia Domestic Violence Victim Fund. The section offers many services, training, and resources to victim service providers, law enforcement officials, allied professionals, prosecutors, and other local government officials.

If you are a victim of crime, you can contact the DCJS INFO-Line at 1-888-887-3418 for assistance. The INFO-LINE provides victims of crime with information and support. DCJS staff are available to answer the INFO-Line Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Callers will be informed of their rights as victims under Virginia’s Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act and will receive additional information, support, and referrals to programs and resources in their communities.

If you are a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and you need immediate assistance, please contact the Virginia Family Violence and Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-838-8238 (V/TTY). Hotline staff are available to help you 24-hours a day.

Law Enforcement

The Law Enforcement Services Section is composed of law enforcement and criminal justice specialists serving Virginia’s state and local law enforcement agencies. They are the Law Enforcement Services Team (LEST), the Crime Prevention Center (CPC), and the Office of Homeland Security (OHS).

Corrections

The Correctional Services Section is involved with a broad range of corrections issues affecting state and federal prisons; local and regional jails; state probation and parole; local probation; and community-based corrections, pretrial services, and diverse correctional programs and services - public and private.