Clery Act

A Hate Crime is a criminal offense that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator’s bias against the victim. Bias is an expressed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on actual or perceived race, gender, gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or national origin.

For Clery Act purposes, Hate Crimes include any of the following offenses that are motivated by bias.

• Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter
• Sexual Assault – Rape, Fondling, Incest, and Statutory Rape
• Robbery
• Aggravated Assault
• Burglary
• Motor Vehicle Theft
• Arson
• Larceny-Theft
• Simple Assault
• Intimidation
• Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property

• Dating Violence
• Domestic Violence
• Stalking

The number of arrests and the number of persons referred for disciplinary action for the following law violations:

• Weapons: Carrying, Possessing, Etc.
• Drug Abuse Violations
• Liquor Law Violations

Any student housing facility that is owned or controlled by the institution, or is located on property that is owned or controlled by the institution, and is within the reasonably contiguous geographic area that makes up the campus is considered an on-campus student housing facility.

All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.

Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or

any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.