FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program — Crime Definitions

Occurrences of the following crimes on university property and adjacent public property are reportable under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.

Murder

The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.

Manslaughter

The killing of another person through gross negligence.

Sex Offense - Forcible

Any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that person’s will; or not forcibly or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent. Comprises forcible rape; forcible sodomy (oral or anal); sexual assault with an object; forcible fondling.

Sex Offense – Non-forcible

Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse. Comprises incest and statutory rape only.

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 a 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. (Includes all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned, including joyriding.)

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.

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Hate Crime

Any crime listed above, and any other crime involving bodily injury, that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the victim’s actual or perceived race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or disability.