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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Criminal Homicide - Manslaughter
by Negligence - The killing of another person
through gross negligence. - Murder
and Nonnegligent Manslaughter - The willful (nonnegligent)
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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 including
joyriding.)
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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.
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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 nonnarcotic drugs (barbituates, benzedrine).
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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.)
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Sex Offenses: Definitions From the National Incident-Based
Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program
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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.
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A. 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).
B. 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.
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 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.
D. 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.
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Sex Offenses - Nonforcible - Unlawful, nonforcible
sexual intercourse.
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A. Incest - Nonforcible sexual intercourse between
persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein
marriage is prohibited by law.
B. Statutory Rape - Nonforcible sexual intercourse
with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
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Crime Definitions
