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Crime statistics are obtained
from criminal incidents reported to the Department
of Public Safety and those designated as “campus
security officials” which include the Office
of Student Life, Office of Residence Life, Affirmative
Action Officer, University Counseling Center, Office
of Greek Life, Office of Judicial Affairs, Athletic
Department, Student Health Services, Duquesne University
Tamburitzans and the Deans of the various schools.
Pastoral and professional counselors have been
advised that while they are not obligated to report
crimes for the purpose of compiling statistics,
they are encouraged, when they deem it appropriate,
to inform the persons they are counseling of their
ability to report any crimes on a voluntary, confidential
basis for inclusion in the annual statistics.
Crime statistics are also received from the City
of Pittsburgh for inclusion in the “Public
Property” section of the Clery Act reporting
form. The statistics gathered from the aforementioned
sources are then recorded on the Federal Bureau
of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Form
and a Clery Act Reporting Form by the Department
of Public Safety and disseminated via the Internet
on the Duquesne University Website and on copies
distributed by the Department of Public Safety
upon request.
NOTE: the FBI/PA UCRS crime statistics may differ
from the Clery Act crime statistics due to the
difference in locations, categories and report
formats. Inquiries regarding these statistics
may be directed to the Public Safety Department
at 412-396-4675.
Clery Act Crime Definitions are excerpted from
the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook. The definitions
of forcible and non-forcible sex offenses are
excerpted form the National Incident-Based reporting
System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting
Handbook.
Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter
– The willful (non-negligent) killing of
one human being by another.
Negligent Manslaughter –
the killing of another person through gross negligence.
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 the 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.
Motor Vehicle Theft –
The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.
(Includes 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.
Burglary –The unlawful
entry of a structure to commit a felony or 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.
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 sex offenses include:
- 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
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-Non-forcible –
Unlawful, non-forcible intercourse.
Non-forcible sex offenses include:
- 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.
Liquor Law Violations –
Violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting: the
manufacture, sale, purchase, 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.
Drug Abuse Violations –
Violations 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.
Weapons Possessions –
Violations 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.
Referrals for Campus Disciplinary Action
– In addition to arrests, the Clery Act
requires the disclosure of persons referred for
campus disciplinary action for liquor law violations,
drug-related violations, and weapons possessions.
These referrals are subjected to disciplinary
actions by the University Judicial Officer ranging
from a written warning to expulsion.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security
Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery
Act) requires crime statistics to be shown by
the following geographic categories: on-campus
(including dormitories or other student residential
facilities); on-campus dormitories or other student
residential facilities; non-campus building or
properties; and public property.
On Campus – any building or property owned
or controlled by the university within the same
reasonably contiguous geographic area of the university
and used by the university in direct support or
related to the university’s educational
purposes; and property within the same reasonably
contiguous geographic area of the university that
is owned by the university but controlled by another
person, is used by students and supports institutional
purposes.
Residential Facilities – all residence
halls, fraternity and sorority houses, and other
residential facilities for students on-campus.
(there are no residential facilities at the Capital
Region Campus).
Non-campus Building or Property – any building
or property owned or controlled by a student organization
that is officially recognized by the university;
and any building or property owned or controlled
by the university that is used in direct support
of, or in relation to the university’s educational
purposed, is frequently used by students, and
is not within the same reasonably contiguous area
of the university. (Duquesne University, the Capital
Region Campus and the Italian Campus have no non-campus
building or property).
Public Property – all public property,
including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and
parking facilities, that is within the campus
or immediately adjacent to and accessible from
the campus; also includes all public parks within
one mile of the borders of the main campus.
FBI/PA UCRS
Statistics
Clery Act Statistics: Main Campus
(Pittsburgh), Capital Region
Campus (Wormleysville), Italian
Campus (Rome) |
