CSA Reference Guide

Clery Act Reportable Crimes

Criminal Homicide

• Murder/Nonnegligent Manslaughter: The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another
• Manslaughter by Negligence: the killing of another person through gross negligence 

Sex Offenses 

• Rape: 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.
• 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 where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
• 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. 

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. 

Aggravated Assault

An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. 

Burglary

The 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

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. 

Drug Law Violations

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. Liquor Law Violations: violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, or use of alcoholic beverages. 

Weapons Violations

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. 

VAWA Offenses 

• 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.
• Domestic Violence: a felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed:
  1. By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim;
  2. By a person with whom the victim shares a child in common;
  3. By a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner;
  4. 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 of violence occurred, or
  5. By any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s
  6. acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.
• Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to
  1. Fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or
  2. Suffer substantial emotional distress.

Hate Crimes 

A hate crime is a committed criminal offense that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias(es) against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity. In addition to all the previous crimes listed, a hate crime can include intimidation, larceny-theft, simple assault, and destruction, damage, or vandalism of property. 

Additional Hate Crime Classifications 

• Intimidation: To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.
• Larceny-theft: the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.
• Simple Assault: An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.
• Destruction/Damage/Vandalism: to willfully or maliciously destroy, injure, disfigure, or deface any public or private property, real or personal, without the consent of the owner or person having custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law.

Resources for CSAs

• The University of Texas at Austin University Risk and Compliance Services
• Clery Center
• D. Stafford and Associates
• National Association of Clery Compliance Officers and Professionals (NACCOP)
• The 2016 Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting (For Examples Only)
• National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
• Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA)
• International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA)