Virginia State Crime Commission

2025 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Law Enforcement Use of Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Update

Mary Jane Burton Case File Review Status

Sealing of Criminal Records Update

Electronic Records Report (SB1412)

Virginia State Crime Commission 2024 Annual Report

Law Enforcement Use of Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)

Annual Report: Law Enforcement Use of Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)

Mary Jane Burton Case Review

Study Highlights

Annual Report: Mary Jane Burton Case Review

Sealing of Criminal Records

Annual Report: Sealing of Criminal Records Update 

Surveillance Technology Reporting by Virginia Law Enforcement

Annual Report: Surveillance Technology Reporting by Virginia Law Enforcement

2024 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Virginia State Crime Commission 2023 Annual Report

Intentional Homicide

Annual Report: Intentional Homicide

Motor Vehicle, Pedestrian, and Bicyclist Fatalities 

Annual Report: Motor Vehicle, Pedestrian, and Bicyclist Fatalities

Update: Expungement and Sealing of Criminal Records

Annual Report: Update: Expungement and Sealing of Criminal Records

2023 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Virginia State Crime Commission 2022 Annual Report

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Laws and Enforcement

Annual Report:  Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Laws and Enforcement

Parole in Virginia

Annual Report:  Parole in Virginia

Update: Expungement and Sealing of Criminal and Court Records

Annual Report:  Update on Expungement and Sealing of Criminal Records

2022 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Virginia State Crime Commission 2021 Annual Report

Diversion

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Diversion

Secured Bond

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Secured Bond

Update: Expungement and Sealing of Criminal and Court Records

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Update - Expungement and Sealing of Criminal and Court Records

2021 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Virginia Pre-Trial Data Project: Final Report

Virginia State Crime Commission 2020 Annual Report

Earned Sentence Credits

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Earned Sentence Credits

Expungement and Sealing of Criminal Records

Study Highlights

Annual Report: Expungement and Sealing of Criminal Records

Mandatory Minimum Sentences  

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Sex Trafficking - Vacatur of Convictions and Data Collection

Study Highlights

Annual Report: Sex Trafficking - Vacatur of Convictions and Data Collection

Virginia Pre-Trial Data Project  

Study Highlights

Statewide Descriptive Findings: October 2017 Cohort Dataset

Preliminary Data Codebook

Virginia Pre-Trial Data Project Update

Final Report

2020 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Virginia State Crime Commission 2019 Annual Report

Mass Killings and Gun Violence

Annual Report:  Mass Killings and Gun Violence

Sex Trafficking in Virginia

Annual Report:  Sex Trafficking in Virginia

Virginia Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program and Notification Project

Project Overview

Annual Report:  Virginia Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program and Notification  Project

Virginia Pre-Trial Data Project

Annual Report:  Virginia Pre-Trial Data Project - Statewide Preliminary Findings

2019 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Virginia State Crime Commission 2018 Annual Report

2018 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Fingerprinting of Defendants

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Fingerprinting of Defendants

Mass Killings and Gun Violence

Report on Mass Killings and Gun Violence

Sex Trafficking in Virginia

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Sex Trafficking in Virginia

Virginia Pre-Trial Data Project and Pre-Trial Process 

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Virginia Pre-Trial Data Project and Pre-Trial Process

Report:  Preliminary Statewide Findings

Virginia State Crime Commission 2017 Annual Report

2017 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Admissibility of Prior Inconsistent Statements

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Admissibility of Prior Inconsistent Statements

Decriminalization of Simple Possession of Marijuana

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Decriminalization of Simple Possession of Marijuana

DNA Databank:  Expansion of Misdemeanor Crimes

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  DNA Databank: Expansion of Misdemeanor Crimes

Pretrial Services Agencies

Study Highlights

Annual Report:  Pretrial Services Agencies

Update: Asset Forfeiture

Annual Report:  Asset Forfeiture Update

Update: Restitution

Annual Report:  Restitution Update

Virginia State Crime Commission 2016 Annual Report

2016 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Capital Cases: "Mental Retardation" Terminology

Cigarette Trafficking Update

Habeas Corpus: Restrictions, Deadlines and Relief

Restitution: Collection Practices and Extension of Probation

Search Warrants

RD 193

 Virginia State Crime Commission 2015 Annual Report

RD 28

 2015 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Asset Forfeiture

DNA Notification Project Update

Illegal Cigarette Trafficking Update

Missing Persons/Search and Rescue Update

Stalking

Statute of Limitations for Sexual Crimes Against Minors

Virginia State Crime Commission 2014 Annual Report

2014 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Missing Persons and Search and Rescue

Juvenile Records - Confidentiality and Expungement

Barrier Crimes

Digital Impersonation and Harassment

DNA Notification Project Update

Expungement of Juvenile Records

Human Trafficking and Juvenile Prostitution

Illegal Cigarette Trafficking Update

Law Enforcement Lineups

Reproduction of Child Pornography

Sexting

Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Service Agency Funding

Special Conservators of the Peace and Private Police Departments

Virginia State Crime Commission 2013 Annual Report

2013 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Admission of Prior Sex Offenses

Child Sexual Abuse

Consensual Sexual Conduct between School Personnel and Adult Students

Forced Prostitution

Illegal Cigarette Trafficking

Joint Motion for Writ of Actual Innocence

Virginia State Crime Commission 2012 Annual Report

Illegal Cigarette Trafficking

Consent for Forensic Sexual Assault Exams

Financial Exploitation of Incapacitated Adults

Law Enforcement Training Academies (Officer Decertification)

Reorganization of the Concealed Weapons Statute

Texting While Driving

Virginia State Crime Commission 2011 Annual Report

2011 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Animal Abuser Registry

Barrier Crimes

Cyberbullying 

Death and Rape Investigations by Campus Police 

Disclosure of Juvenile Records 

Domestic Abuser Registry 

Inherent Authority of Courts to Defer and Dismiss 

Medical Fraud Control Unit Investigators 

Protective Orders 

Reckless Driving 

Reporting of Missing Children 

Sex Offender Registry 

Soliciting a Minor to Enter a Vehicle

Unrestorably Incompetent Defendants

Virginia State Crime Commission 2010 Annual Report

2010 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

Familial DNA Searching

Indecent Liberties and Prostitution Offenses Involving Children

Law Enforcement Emergency Response/Pursuits 

Law Enforcement Lineups 

Law Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act 

Protective Orders 

Synthetic Marijuana "Spice" 

Transfer and Certification of Juveniles 

Virginia State Crime Commission 2009 Annual Report

2009 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

False Identification Cards (SJR 363, 2009)

Hospital Emergency Room Violence (SJR 358, 2009)

Restorative Justice

Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators

Expungement of Criminal Conviction Records

Hospital Violence 

Juvenile Justice; Transfer and Certification 

Melendez-Diaz 

Sex Offender Registry 

Sexting 

Virginia State Crime Commission 2008 Annual Report

Virginia State Crime Commission 2008 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

HJR 113 (2008) Final Report: Study of Virginia's Juvenile Justice System

Animal Control Officers

Capital Murder of Firefighter 

Deferred Disposition 

Gang Statutes 

Grand Larceny 

Gun Show Loophole 

Juvenile Justice 

Killing of a Newborn Baby 

Misdemeanor Arrest 

Sale of Items Prohibited from Use

Writs of Actual Innocence 

Virginia State Crime Commission 2007 Annual Report

Virginia State Crime Commission 2007 Interim Executive Summary of Activities

House Joint Resolution 136: Juvenile Justice Study Special Executive Summary

Virginia State Crime Commission Final Report of the Illegal Immigration Task Force

Animal Control Officers

Confidentiality of Juror Information 

First Responder Authentication Credentials 

Gang Statutes 

Illegal Immigration 

Juror Disqualification 

Juvenile Justice 

Lawrenceville Correctional Center 

Mandatory Minimum Crimes 

Methamphetamines 

Restrictions on Sex Offenders 

"Romeo and Juliet" Laws 

Virginia Prisoner Re-entry Policy Academy 

Y-STR DNA Testing 

Virginia State Crime Commission 2006 Annual Report

Effectiveness of Existing Punishments and Recommendations for Additional Remedies for Driving While Intoxicated

Need for Additional Institutional Programming for Sex Offenders at the Department of Corrections

Monitoring of Sex Offenders in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

Animal Control Officers in the Commonwealth

Virginia Juvenile Justice System

Capital Murder

Castration of Sexually Violent Predators 

Human Trafficking

Indecent Liberties 

Juvenile Interrogation 

Sex Offenders on School Property 

Virginia State Crime Commission 2005 Annual Report

SJR 451 Final Report: Study of Crawford and Booker Cases

HJR 122 Final Report: Study on Campus Safety

HJR 225 Final Report: Study on Commonwealth's Attorneys

HJR 573 Final Report: Study of Criminal Gangs

Sex Offender Task Force Report

Death Penalty for Juvenile Offenders

Dog Attacks in Virginia

Videotaped Statements of Child Victims

Embracery

Use of a Communication System to Facilitate Offenses Involving Children

References in the Code of Virginia to "Feebleminded"

Virginia State Crime Commission 2004 Annual Report

Report on Mistaken Eyewitness ID

Interim Report: Study on Campus Safety

Interim Report: Study on Commonwealth's Attorneys

Writ of Actual Innocence Based on Non-Biological Evidence (21 Day Rule)

Proposed Revision of Title 18.2, Code of Virginia

Guardian Ad Litems

Division of Forensic Science

Murder by Lying in Wait as a Capitol Offense

Virginia Prisoner Litigation Reform Act

Computer Crimes Act

2005 Sex Offender Task Force Report (PDF)

Virginia State Crime Commission 2004 Annual Report

Study of Bail Bondsmen and Bounty Hunters

The Reorganization and Restructuring of Title 18.2

Treatment Options for Offenders Who Have Mental Illness or Substance Abuse Disorders

Indigent Defense Commission

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Definition of a family or Household Member

Felony for Nonsupport; Penalty

Restitution

Unrestorable Incompetent Defendants

Year-and-a-Day-Rule

Procedures Involved with Protective Orders

Restoration of Civil Rights

Assault and Battery Against a Family or Household Member

Capital Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer

Mistaken Identify

Protective Orders in Dating Relationships

Writ of Actual Innocence (21 Day Rule)

Facial Recognition Technology by Virginia Law Enforcement Agencies

Atkins v. Virginia

Interim Report: Indigent Defense Commission

Conservators of the Peace

Sentencing of Misdemeanor Offendors

Interim Report: Study of Bail Bondsmen and Bounty Hunters

Procedures Involved with Protective Orders

Assault & Battery Against a Family or Household Member

Capitol Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer

Mistaken Identity

Protective Orders in Dating Relationships

Subpoena Duces Tecum

Facial Recognition Technology by VA Law Enforcement

Atkins v. Virginia

Drug Interdiction and Drug Law Enforcement

Studying Treatment Options for Offenders Who Have Mental Illness or Substance Abuse Disorders

Study of School Security Officers

Indigent Services in Virginia

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Study of Restitution

Unrestorable Incompetent Defendants

Applicability of the Year-and-a-Day Rule

Restoration of Civil Rights

Personalized Handguns

Personalized Handguns

Enhanced Emergency Telecommunications Systems

"Hotspot" Communities

Courtroom Security in Domestic Relations Cases

Chronic Traffic Offenders/DWI

Alternative Means of Sanctioning Habitual DUI Offenders

Megan's Law

Civil Commitment of Violent Sexual Offenders

Victim Notification Systems

Capital Representation of Indigent Defendants

Criminal History Record Checks for Volunteer and Contract Service Providers

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Notice and Hearing Process

"Megan's Law" or Community Notification for Sex Offenders

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund

Hate Crimes

The Need for a Lay Medical Investigator System

The Use of Home Electronic Incarceration in Virginia

Alternative Means of Discouraging Shoplifting

Substance Abuse Services for Offenders in Virginia

Staffing Needs and Levels Within the Department of Corrections and a Reevaluation of Retirement Benefits of Probation and Parole Officers and Correctional Officers

Capital Construction Practices of the Department of Corrections

Training and Arrest Powers of Sheriffs

Restorative Justice in Virginia

The Study of Youth Gangs in Virginia

Study on Methodology Used to Protect Virginia's Prison Population

Correctional Officer Issues

"Megan's Law" / Community Notification of Sex Offenders

Inspectors General / State Internal Auditor

Non-sworn Personnel in Sheriff's Offices

Cost Effectiveness of Public Defender Offices

Paying Inmates for Work During Incarceration

Community Participation in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Licensing Process

Admissibility, Reliability and Interpretation of DNA Evidence

Funding of Regional Criminal Justice Training Academies

First-Time Drug Offender Statute § 18.2-251

Sex Offender Treatment Service in Virginia

Staffing Needs in Virginia's Prisons

Correctional Program Standards in Virginia's Prisons

Virginia's Law on Handgun Purchase Limits

Community Corrections Programs

Juvenile Records Retention Study

Specially Appointed Police Officers

Improvements to Criminal Justice System

Court Services for Drug Offenders

Feasibility of Establishing a State Bureau of Narcotics

Criminally Negligent Homicide

Law Enforcement Training and Officer Decertification

Virginia's Criminal Justice System

Police Accountability

Feasibility of a Drug Court Pilot Project in Virginia

A Study of the Current and Future Needs for Programs Providing Substance Abuse Treatment for Inmates

Alternatives to Incarceration

Special Needs and Conditions of Incarcerated Women

Police Officers' Bill of Rights

Improving Family and Community Ties of Incarcerated Persons

Law Enforcement Training

Fees Assessed for Services Performed by Sheriffs

Good Conduct Allowances for Prisoners in Local Correctional Facilities

Feasibility of Implementing Locally Operated Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders

Urban Violence and Business Premises Liability

Victims and Witnesses of Crime