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Clery Act Crime
Definitions:
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.
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.
SEX OFFENSES-NON-FORCIBLE:
Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse.
ROBBERY: The taking or
attempting to take anything from value of 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 weapons is used which could or probably would
result in a serious potential injury if the crime were successfully completed.
BURGLARY: The unlawful
entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. For reporting purposes this definition
includes: unlawful entry with attempt to commit a larceny or a 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
persons not having lawful access take automobiles, even though the vehicles are later
abandoned)
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; 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); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (Barbiturates, Benzedrine).
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS:
The violation of laws or ordinance prohibiting: the manufacture, sale, transporting,
furnishing, possessing of intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places;
bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to minor or intemperate person, using
vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; drinking on a train or public conveyance, all
attempts to commit any of the aforementioned. (Drunkenness and driving under the influence are
not included in this definition.) |
