Virginia Teens and the Law

Phone: 757-382-8182

*This program is available for parents to refer their children without court involvement.

Virginia Teens and the Law is a law-related program that teaches students and parents about Virginia’s laws and consequences of violating the law. Individual parent and student sessions will be conducted by local law enforcement officers.

The program:

1. Promotes positive citizenship and helps prepare students for informed, responsible adulthood;
2. Helps students understand when activities, pranks, and jokes cross the line into delinquent and criminal behavior;
3. Teaches students their rights and responsibilities under the law;
4. Highlights the “hidden punishments” of the law and the future effects of negative choices;
5. Educates parents on Virginia’s laws affecting juveniles.