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Abbreviated Crime Reporting Definitions used by the Oregon Uniform Crime Reporting Program.*
(Additional detail, where it is not duplicative, is from the FBI UCR definitions.)
CRIMES AGINST PERSONS
WILLFUL 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. The Program classifies justifiable homicides separately and limits the definition to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty; or (2) the killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private citizen.)
NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE: The killing of another person through gross negligence.
- Offenses - Exclude motor vehicle traffic deaths.
- Arrests - Include persons arrested for motor vehicle traffic death
FORCIBLE RAPE: The carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will. (Rapes by force and attempts or assaults to rape regardless of the age of the victim are included. Statutory offenses (no force used — victim under age of consent) are excluded.)
OTHER SEX CRIMES: Covers offenses such as Statutory Rape, Molest, Indecent Exposure, Sodomy and Other offenses against common decency, morals, and the like. (Does not include Forcible Rape, Prostitution and Commercialized Vice).
KIDNAPPING: The substantial interference with another person´s liberty without consent or legally authority. (This is not an FBI UCR category.)
ROBBERY: The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody or control of a person or persons by force or violence 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. Although actual injury is not a requirement, 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 ASSAULT: Assaults which are limited to the use of physical force and result in little or no injury to the victim. (Assaults and attempted assaults where no weapons are used and which do not result in serious or aggravated injury to the victim.)
CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Crimes Against Property include offenses that involve taking something of value by theft or deception or the destruction of property.
BURGLARY:The unlawful entry of a structure or dwelling with the intent to commit a felony or a theft. (Attempted forcible entry is included.)
LARCENY: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. (Examples are thefts of bicycles or automobile accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the stealing of any property or article which is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.)
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 or another, etc.
FORGERY: Forgery and counterfeiting are treated as allied offenses. In this classification are placed all offenses dealing with the making, altering, uttering or possessing, with the intent to defraud, anything false in the semblance of that which is true. (Attempts are included.)
FRAUD: Fraudulent conversion and obtaining money or property by false pretenses. (Confidence games and bad checks, except forgeries and counterfeiting, are included.)
EMBEZZLEMENT: Misappropriation or misapplication of money or property entrusted to one´s care, custody or control.
STOLEN PROPERTY OFFENSES: included in this classification are all offenses of buying, receiving and possessing stolen property, as well as all attempts to commit any of these offenses.
VANDALISM: Consists of the willful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement or defacement of any public or private property, real or personal, without consent of the owner or persons having custody or control. Attempts are included.
BEHAVIORAL CRIMES
Behavioral Crimes include criminal offenses that violate laws relating to personal conduct, responsibility and public order. Although not necessarily violent, or property offenses in themselves, they may often contribute to other criminal acts.
WEAPON REGULATION LAWS: Carry, use, possession, etc. (All violations of regulations or statutes controlling the carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, and manufacturing of deadly weapons or silencers. Attempts are included.)
PROSTITUTION: Included here are the sex offenses of a commercialized nature (such as prostitution, keeping a bawdy house, procuring, or transporting women for immoral purposes. Attempts are included.)
DRUG LAWS: Included are all violations of state and local laws, specifically those relating to the unlawful possession, sales, use, growing and manufacturing of illegal 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 ([amphetamines], barbiturates, benzedrine).)
GAMBLING: All offenses which relate to promoting, permitting, or engaging in gambling are included in this category.
CRIMES AGAINST FAMILY: Included here are offenses such as abandonment, neglect of children, custodial interference and non-support. (Physical abuse would be reported as an assault).
D.U.I.I.: Driving or operating any vehicle or common carrier while under the influence of liquor or drugs.
LIQUOR LAWS: With the exception of Driving Under the Influence all liquor law violations, state or local, are placed in this classification. (Federal violations are excluded. The FBI UCR classification includes a separate category, Drunkenness — Offenses relating to drunkenness or intoxication.)
DISORDERLY CONDUCT: In this classification are placed all offenses which constitute a breach of the peace.
ALL OTHER OFFENSES: Except Traffic - Included is every other state or local offense, not listed elsewhere.
JUVENILE CURFEW VIOLATIONS: Local curfew or juvenile loitering ordinances where such laws exit.
RUNAWAY JUVENILES: Runaway juveniles when reported by their parents or guardians.
TRAFFIC CRIMES: Serious traffic offenses which are classified as a misdemeanor or felony as defined by the Oregon Motor Vehicle Code.
FISH and GAME: Sporting, personal use, commercial fishing and game violations.
MARINE VIOLATIONS: Marine boating violations.
ADDITIONAL FBI CATEGORIES: Vagrancy — Begging, loitering, etc. Includes prosecutions under the charge of suspicious person. Suspicion — No specific offense; suspect released without formal charges being placed.
* These definitions are taken directly from the "REPORT OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND ARRESTS 1998" by the LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA SYSTEM, OREGON STATE POLICE. For more information about the Oregon Uniform Crime Reporting program contact, Jeffrey D. Bock Manager, or phone (503) 378-3057. For more detailed definition and classification see the FBI UCR Program.
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