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CRIMINAL OFFENSES DEFINITIONS:

Arson: Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.

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.

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.

Criminal Homicide and Non-negligent Manslaughter: The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. Divided into two classes: lawful and unlawful.

Dating Violence – VAWA: Violence committed by a person who is in or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of such a relationship shall be based on the reporting party’s statement and with the consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of the relationship, and the frequency of the interaction between the persons involved in the relationship. For the purpose of this definition, dating violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or threat of such abuse. Dating violence does not include acts covered under the definition of domestic violence.

Domestic Violence – VAWA: A felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed by: A current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, or 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 or intimate partner or by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime or violence occurred. 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 in which the crime of violence occurred. Manslaughter – Criminal Homicide by Negligence: The killing of another person through gross negligence.

Motor Vehicle Theft: The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (Classify as motor vehicle theft all cases in which automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned; includes joyriding.)

Murder: The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.

Rape: The carnal knowledge of a person, without consent of the victim, including instances in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age, or temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.

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.

Stalking – VAWA: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others, or suffer substantial emotional distress. For the purpose of this definition course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts which the stalker directly, indirectly or through third parties, by any action, method, device or means: follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens or communicates to or about, a person or interferes with a person’s property. Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim. Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.

SEX OFFENSES DEFINITIONS:

As per the National Incident-Based Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program

Sex Offenses: Any sexual act directed against another person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent. This includes rape, sodomy, sexual assault with an object and fondling.

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D. Rape: The carnal knowledge of a person, without consent of the victim, including instances in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity. Sodomy: Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, without consent of the victim, including instances in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/ her age, or 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, without the consent of the victim, including instances in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age, or temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity. Fondling: The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/ her age, or temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.

Sex Offenses, Non-Forcible: Incidents of unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse.

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B. 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.

CRIME DEFINITIONS FROM THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING HANDBOOK 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.

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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, etc. 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 in which automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned, including joyriding.) 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, violence, and/or causing the victim fear. 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, methadone); 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

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public conveyance; all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned. (Drunkenness and driving under the influence are not included in this definition.) On-Campus defined as: (1) Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of or in a manner related to the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls. (2) Any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the area identified in paragraph (1), that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or retail vendor).

Separate Campus Property defined as: (1) Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is not reasonably geographically contiguous with the main campus. (2) The location has an organized program of study; and there is at least one person on site acting in an administrative capacity.

Non-Campus Building Or Property defined as: (1) Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution. (2) Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of or in relation to the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.

Public Property defined as: All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.

HATE CRIMES The FBI defines a hate crime (aka bias crime) as “a criminal offense committed against a person, property or society which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or ethnicity/national origin.” WHY REPORT HATE CRIMES AND HATE INCIDENTS? Reporting hate crimes and incidents (even those you might not consider “serious”) is important for the monitoring and the prevention of future incidents. By reporting detailed information on incidents, you strengthen the case for official action on reported crimes, and identify trends that can be tracked and addressed by administration before incidents that are more serious occur. Hate crime and hate incident reporting will be treated as confidential information.

WHAT IS A HATE CRIME? A hate crime is a crime committed because of the victim’s race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Hate crimes can include graffiti, verbal intimidation or threats, hate mail (including email), property damage, harassment, trespassing and stalking, physical assaults and threats, arson, attacks with weapons, and murder. Hate crimes are against Ohio law and are violations of the College’s anti-discrimination policies.

WHAT IS A HATE INCIDENT? Not all expressions of hate or group bias rise to the level of hate crime as defined in state and federal statutes. Derogatory works or epithets directed against a member of a previously defined group because they are a member of such group, if not accompanied by a threat or harm with the ability to carry it out, are considered protected speech and not a hate crime. They do, however, constitute a hate-related incident.

CAMPUS SECURITY ACT STATISTICS

On the following pages, you will find incidents of criminal activity that were reported to the Department of Campus Police and Security Services. We report these numbers in compliance with the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990. All criminal incidents are categorized in accordance with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Act.