The Clery Act, formally known as the Campus Crime and Security Act, mandates the reporting of certain offenses. The following definitions are in accordance with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The definitions for murder (criminal homicide), robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, weapon law violations, drug abuse violations and liquor law violations are excerpted from the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook. The definitions of forcible and non-forcible sex offenses are excerpted from the National Incident-Based Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook.
Crime Definitions From the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook
Criminal Homicide
Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter: The willful (non-negligent) killing of one
human being by another.
Manslaughter by Negligence:The killing of another person through gross negligence.
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. (Classify as motor vehicle theft
all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though
the vehicles are later abandoned. This also includes 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.
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, methadones); 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 person's
will; or not forcibly or against the person's will where the victim is incapable of
giving consent.
Forcible Rape
The carnal knowledge of a 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
because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (or because
of his/her youth ).
Forcible Sodomy
Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, forcibly and/or against that
person's will; or not forcibly against the person's 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.
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
person's will; or not forcibly or against the person's 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.
Forcible Fondling
The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual
gratification, 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 because of his/her
youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.
Sex Offenses: Non-Forcible
Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse.
Incest
Nonforcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within
the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
Statutory Rape
Nonforcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.