Crime Definitions

Murder

• Murder is the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.
• Manslaughter is the killing of another person through gross negligence.

Sex Assaults

  • Rape is the 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. This offense includes the rape of both males and females.
  • Fondling is 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.
  • Incest is sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
  • Statutory Rape is sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.

Robbery

  • 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

  • Unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury

Burglary

  • Unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft

Motor Vehicle Theft

  • The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle

Arson

  • 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.

Dating Violence

  • Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and where the existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the following factors:
    • the length of the relationship
    • the type of the relationship
    • the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship

Domestic Violence

  • Felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction…or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction

Stalking

  • Engaging 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

Liquor Law Violation

  • The violation of state or local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, or use of alcoholic beverages

Drug Law Violation

  • The violation of laws prohibiting the production, distribution and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or use

Illegal Weapons Possession

  • The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, concealment, or use of firearms, cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices, or other deadly weapons

Hazing

  • Subject another student to physical injury as part of an initiation, or as a prerequisite to membership, into any organized school group, including any society, athletic team, fraternity or sorority, or other similar group. To include any act that is related to the initiation, admission or continued affiliation with any student organization or group, that endangers the mental, emotional, or physical health or safety of any individual or activities that might reasonably cause embarrassment, emotional harm, or negatively impact an individual’s mental health or dignity.