Statistical Information

Incidents and criminal reports are classified using categories defined by federal and state agenices that require regular reports of crime data. The State of Michigan uses categories from the Michigan Incident Crime Reporting (MICR) system that collects and publishes crime data for all law enforcement agencies in Michigan. In addition, the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) requires U.S. colleges and universities to collect and report crime data for their respective campuses. This requirement is commonly known as the Clery Act.

When using crime data to compare either geograhical areas, such as cities or univeristies, it is important to recognize the definitions used to classifiy the incidents according the agency collecting the data can vary. For example, some crime data is collected by using the data of occurrence of the incident, others use the date the incident was reported. The crime data presented here will use the terms and requirements of the Clery Act.

Clery Act definitions are taken from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook (UCR). The comprehensive report of crime on campus is contained within the Annual Report available elsewhere on this website.

References

• MICR:  http://www.state.mi.us/msp/cjic/ucr/ucr_a02.htm
• Clery/DoE:  http://ope.ed.gov/security/
• FBI/UCR:  http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

Clery Act Stats Reports

• 2008 Clery Stats
• 2007 Clery Stats
• 2006 Clery Stats
• Clery Definitions

Definitions

Criminal Homicide-Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter

The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.

Criminal Homicide-Manslaughter by Negligence

The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.

Forcible Rape

Sex Offenses-Forcible

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.

• Forcible Rape-The carnal knowledge of a 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 because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (or because of his/her youth)
• Forcible Sodomy-Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, forcibly and/or against that person's will; or not forcibly against the person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her youth or because of his/her 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, 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 because of his/her youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity
• Forcible Fondling-The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, 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 because of his/her youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity

Sex Offenses-Nonforcible

Unlawful, nonforcible sexual intercourse.

• Incest-Nonforcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law
• Statutory Rape-Nonforcible 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. 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 and probably would result in serious personal injury if the crime were successfully completed.)

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.

Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft)

The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.

Motor Vehicle Theft

The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (Classify as motor vehicle theft all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned including joyriding.)

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.

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, methadones); and dangerous nonnarcotic drugs (barbituates, benzedrine).

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.)