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UPD Home Page > Crime Statistics > Department of Education Statistics - Definitions Department of Education Statistics - Definitions Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. Back to Department of Education Statistics Negligent Manslaughter The killing of another person through gross negligence. Back to Department of Education Statistics Forcible Sex Offenses 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.
Back to Department of Education Statistics Non-Forcible Sex Offenses Unlawful, nonforcible sexual intercourse. 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. Back to Department of Education Statistics 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 Back to Department of Education Statistics 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. Back to Department of Education Statistics Burglary The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included. Back to Department of Education Statistics Motor Vehicle Theft The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is self-propelled and runs on land surface and not on rails. Motorboats, construction equipment, airplanes, and farming equipment are specifically excluded from this category Back to Department of Education Statistics 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. Back to Department of Education Statistics Any Other Crime Involving Bodily Injury Include in this category all applicable crimes with the exception of aggravated assault. Back to Department of Education Statistics Illegal Weapons Possession 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 Back to Department of Education Statistics Drug Law 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 (barbiturates, benzedrine). Back to Department of Education Statistics 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). Back to Department of Education Statistics 
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