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1 Appendix A to Subpart D of Part 668--Crime Definitions in 

2 Accordance with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform 

3 Crime Reporting Program

4 The following definitions are to be used for reporting the 

5 crimes listed in §668.476, in accordance with the Federal Bureau 

6 of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The 

7 definitions for murder; robbery; aggravated assault; burglary;

8 motor vehicle theft; weapons: carrying, possessing, etc.; law 

9 violations, drug abuse violations, and liquor law violations are 

10 excerpted from the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook. The 

11 definitions of forcible rape and nonforcible sex offenses are 

12 excerpted from the National Incident-Based Reporting System 

13 Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook. The 

14 definitions of larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft), 

15 simple assault, intimidation, and destruction/damage/vandalism 

16 of property are excerpted from the Hate Crime Data Collection 

17 Guidelines of the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook.

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19 Crime Definitions From the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook

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21 Weapons: Carrying, Possessing, Etc.

22 The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manu23 facture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, 

24 concealment, or use of firearms, cutting instruments, 

25 explosives, incendiary devices, or other deadly weapons.

26 Drug Abuse Violations

27 The violation of laws prohibiting the production, 

28 distribution, and/or use of certain controlled substances and 

29 the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or 
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1 use. The unlawful cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, 

2 purchase, use, possession, transportation, or importation of any 

3 controlled drug or narcotic substance. Arrests for violations of 

4 state and local laws, specifically those relating to the 

5 unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and 

6 making of narcotic drugs.

7 Liquor Law Violations

8 The violation of state or local laws or ordinances 

9 prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, 

10 possession, or use of alcoholic beverages, not including driving 

11 under the influence and drunkenness.

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13 Definitions From the Hate Crime Data Collection Guidelines of 

14 the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook

15 Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft)

16 The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of 

17 property from the possession or constructive possession of 

18 another. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, 

19 confidence games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.

20 Simple Assault

21 An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another 

22 where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim 

23 suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving 

24 apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, 

25 severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.

26 Intimidation

27 To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of 

28 bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other 
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1 conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the 

2 victim to actual physical attack.

3 Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property

4 To willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface, or 

5 otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent 

6 of the owner or the person having custody or control of it.

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