CRIME DEFINITIONS
Murder/Non-Negligent Manslaughter: The willful (non-
negligent) killing of one human being by another. NOTE:
Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to
kill, suicides, accidental deaths and justifiable homicides
are excluded.
Negligent Manslaughter: The killing of another person
through gross negligence.
Robbery: The 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.
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 or probably
would result in a serious potential 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
a 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 -
including joy riding.)
Arson: The willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn,
with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public
building, motor vehicle or aircraft, or personal property of
another kind.
Domestic Violence: Felony or misdemeanor crimes of
violence committed by a current or former spouse of
the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a
child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with
or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, by a
HATE CRIME
Manchester Community College is also DEFINITIONS
required to report statistics for hate (bias)
person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under
the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction
receiving grant monies, 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.
Dating Violence: Violence committed by a person
(A) who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic
or intimate nature with the victim; and (B) where the
existence of such a relationship shall be determined
based on (i) the length of the relationship; (ii) the type of
relationship; (iii) the frequency of interaction between the
persons involved in the relationship.
Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a
specific person that would cause a reasonable person to
(A) fear for his or her safety or the safety of others; or
(B) suffer substantial emotional distress.
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 ordinance
prohibiting the manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing,
possessing 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.)
NOTE: The aforementioned crime definitions from the
Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook.
SEX OFFENSES — FORCIBLE
Forcible Rape: The carnal knowledge of a person, forcibly
and/or against the 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
Incest: Non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons
who are related to each other within the degrees wherein
marriage is prohibited by law.
Statutory Rape: Non-forcible sexual intercourse with a
person who is under the statutory age of consent.
NOTE: The above listed sex offense definitions from the
Sex Offenses Definitions From the National Incident-Based
Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting
Program.
ing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, Simple Assault: An unlawful physical
covering with filth or any other such means attack by one person upon another where
Larceny: The unlawful taking, carrying,
related crimes by the type of bias as as may be specified by local law. neither the offender displays a weapon,
leading or riding away of property from
defined for the following classifications: nor the victim suffers obvious severe or
the possession or constructive possession Intimidation: To unlawfully place another
murder/non-negligent manslaughter, aggravated bodily injury involving appar-
of another. person in reasonable fear of bodily harm
negligent manslaughter, sex offenses ent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible
through the use of threatening words and/
(forcible and non-forcible), robbery, aggra-
Vandalism: To willfully or maliciously
internal injury, severe laceration or loss of
or other conduct, but without displaying a
vated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft,
destroy, injure, disfigure or deface any
consciousness.
weapon or subjecting the victim to actual
arson (see definitions above) and larceny,
public or private property, real or personal,
physical attack.
vandalism, intimidation, and simple assault
without the consent of the owner or person
(see definitions on right).
having custody or control by cutting, tear-
REQUIRED IF A HATE CRIME OCCURS
If a hate crime occurs where there is an incident involving intimidation, vandalism, larceny, simple assault or other bodily injury, the law requires that the statistic be reported as a hate crime
even though there is no requirement to report the crime classification in any other area of the compliance document.
A hate or bias-related crime is not a separate, distinct crime, but is the commission of a criminal offense that was motivated by the offender’s bias. For example, a subject assaults a victim, which
is a crime. If the facts of the case indicate that the offender was motivated to commit the offense because of his bias against the victim’s race, sexual orientation, etc., the assault is then also
classified as a hate/bias crime.
If a hate or bias-related crime was reported to you, please fill out the “Reporting a Crime” section on page 1 and then indicate below the type of bias involved in the crime.
Types of Bias (please select one):
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Race
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Ethnicity/National Origin
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Sexual Orientation
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Gender Identity
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Religion
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Gender
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Disability
