<\/a><\/p>\nDEFINITIONS<\/h3>\n
(Definitions from the Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting)<\/p>\n
Murder\/Non-Negligent Manslaughter<\/strong>
\nThe willful (non-negligent) killing of one human by another.<\/p>\nNegligent Manslaughter<\/strong>
\nThe killing of another person through gross negligence.<\/p>\nRobbery<\/strong>
\nThe 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.<\/p>\nAggravated Assault<\/strong>
\nAn 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 that could or probably would result in a serious potential injury if the crime were successfully completed.<\/p>\nRape<\/strong>
\n“Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”<\/p>\nFondling<\/strong>
\n“The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his\/her age or because of his\/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.”<\/p>\nIncest<\/strong>
\nSexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.<\/p>\nStatutory Rape<\/strong>
\nSexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.<\/p>\nArson<\/strong>
\nAny 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.<\/p>\nBurglary<\/strong>
\nThe 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 a felony; breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny; housebreaking; safecracking; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.<\/p>\nMotor Vehicle Theft<\/strong>
\nThe theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. Theft of any self-propelled vehicle that runs on land surface and not on rails, such as: sports utility vehicles, automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motor scooters, trail bikes, mopeds, all-terrain vehicles, self-propelled motor homes, snowmobiles, golf carts and motorized wheelchairs. (Classify as motor vehicle theft all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access, even though the vehicles are later abandoned \u2014 including joy riding.)<\/p>\nWeapon Law Violations<\/strong>
\nThe 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.<\/p>\nDrug Abuse Violations<\/strong>
\nViolations 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).<\/p>\nLiquor Law Violations<\/strong>
\nThe violation of laws or ordinance prohibiting the manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possession of intoxicating liquor, maintaining unlawful drinking places; bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to minor or intemperate person; using a 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.)<\/p>\nHate Crimes<\/strong>
\nA criminal offense committed against a person or property that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias. Hate-specific crimes may include any of the above defined crimes or also:
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\nLarceny<\/strong>
\nThe unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.
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\nVandalism<\/strong>
\nTo willfully or maliciously destroy, injure, disfigure, or deface any public or private property, real or personal, without the consent of the owner or person having custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law.<\/p>\nIntimidation<\/strong>
\nTo unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and\/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.<\/p>\nSimple Assault<\/strong>
\nAn unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration or loss of consciousness.<\/p>\nDating Violence<\/strong>
\nViolence committed by a person who is or has been a in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim.<\/p>\nDomestic Violence<\/strong>
\nFelony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse of the victim, a person whom the victim shares a child in common, a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or someone similarly situated to spouse.<\/p>\nStalking<\/strong>
\nEngaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her safety or the safety of others OR suffer substantial emotional distress.<\/p>\n