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Definitions of Crime and Arrest Categories
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Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter
- The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths
caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, and
accidental deaths are excluded.
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Forcible Sex Offenses - Any sexual
act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that persons
will; or not forcibly or against the persons will where the victim
is incapable of giving consent (i.e., forcible rape, forcible sodomy, sexual
assault with an object, or forcible fondling).
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Non-Forcible Sex Offenses
Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse (i.e., incest or statutory rape).
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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. Simple assaults are excluded.
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Burglary - The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted
forcible entry is included.
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Motor Vehicle Theft - The theft or
attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is self-propelled and
runs on the surface and not on rails. Motorboats, construction equipment,
airplanes, and farming equipment are specifically excluded from this category.
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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 of another, etc.
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Negligent Manslaughter The
killing of another person through gross negligence. Traffic fatalities are
excluded. While manslaughter by negligence is a Part I crime, it is not
included in the Crime Index.
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Liquor Law Violations - State and/or
local liquor law violations except drunkenness and driving under the influence.
Federal violations are excluded.
Drug Law Violations - State and/or local offenses
relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, and manufacturing of narcotic
drugs. The following drug categories are specified: opium or cocaine and their derivatives
(morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics - manufactured narcotics that
can cause true addiction (Demerol, methadone); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs
(barbiturates, Benzedrine).
Weapons Violations - All violations of
regulations or statutes controlling the carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, and
manufacturing of deadly weapons or silencers. Attempts are included.
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