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Excerpted from the Implementing Regulations of the “Jean
Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime
Statistics Act” (originally the Campus Security Act)
originally published in the Federal Register
on April 29, 1994 (Vol. 59, No.82) and November
1, 1999 (Vol. 64, No.210).
The following definitions are to be used for reporting the
crimes listed in 34 CFR sec. 668.46 (previously 668.47) in
accordance with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s
Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The definitions for
murder, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle
theft, weapon law violations, drug abuse violations and liquor
law violations are excerpted from the National Incident-Based
Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook.
Crime Definitions From the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook
Arson
Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn,
with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public
building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of
another, etc.
Criminal Homicide-Manslaughter by Negligence
The killing of another person through gross negligence.
Criminal Homicide-Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter
The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by
another.
Robbery
The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the
care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force
or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim
in fear.
Aggravated Assault
An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose
of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This
type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon
or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
(It is not necessary that injury result from an aggravated
assault when a gun, knife, or other weapon is used which could
and probably would result in serious personal injury if the
crime were successfully completed).
Burglary
The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.
For reporting purposes this definition includes: unlawful
entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony; breaking
and entering with intent to commit a larceny; housebreaking;
safecracking; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.
Motor Vehicle Theft
The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (Classify
as motor vehicle theft all cases where automobiles are taken
by persons not having lawful access even though vehicles are
later abandoned, including joyriding).
Weapon Law Violations
The violation of laws or ordinances dealing with weapon offenses,
regulatory in nature, such as: manufacture, sale, or
possession of deadly weapons; carrying deadly weapons, concealed
or openly; furnishing deadly weapons to minors; aliens possessing
deadly weapons; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.
Drug Abuse Violations
Violations of State and local laws relating to the unlawful
possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making
of narcotic drugs. The relevant substances include;
opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin,
codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics (demerol, methadone’s);
and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (barbiturates, Benzedrine).
Liquor Law Violations
The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting: the
manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possessing of
intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places;
bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to a minor
or intemperate person; using a vehicle for illegal transportation
of liquor; drinking on a train or public conveyance; and all
attempts to commit any of the aforementioned. (Drunkenness
and driving under the influence are not included in this definition.)
Sex Offenses Definitions from the National Incident-Based
Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Sex Offenses-Forcible
Any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly
and/or against that persons will; or not forcibly or against
the persons will where the victim is incapable of giving consent.
A.Forcible Rape-The carnal knowledge of a
person, forcibly and/or against that persons will; or not
forcibly or against that persons will where the victim is
incapable of giving consent because of his/her temporary
or permanent mental or physical incapacity (or because of
his/her youth).
B.Forcible Sodomy-Oral or anal sexual intercourse
with another person, forcibly and/or against that persons
will; or not forcibly against that persons will where the
victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her
youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental
or physical incapacity.
C.Sexual Assault With An Object-The use of
an object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate, however
slightly, the genital or anal opening of the body of another
person, forcibly and/or against that persons will; or not
forcibly against the persons will where the victim is incapable
of giving consent because of his/her youth or because of
his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical in capacity.
D.Forcible Fondling-The touching of
the private body parts of another person for the purpose
of sexual gratification, forcibly and/or against that persons
will; or not forcibly or against that persons will where
the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her
youth or because of his/her temporary mental incapacity.
Sex Offenses-Non forcible
Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse.
A.Incest-Non-forcible sexual intercourse
between persons who are related to each other within the
degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
B.Statutory Rape-Non-forcible sexual intercourse
with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
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