2024 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 10 For purposes of the annual statistical disclosure, hate crimes include any Clery-reportable criminal offense (listed above) and the following additional offenses: Larceny-Theft: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Constructive possession is when a person does not have physical custody or possession but is in a position to exercise dominion or control over a thing. Simple Assault: The unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness. Intimidation. Unlawfully placing another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack. Destruction, Damage or Vandalism of Property. Willfully or maliciously destroying, damaging, defacing, or otherwise injuring real or personal property without the owner's consent or the person having custody or control over it. DEFINITION AND TYPES OF BIAS Bias is a preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity or national origin. A hate or bias-related crime is the commission of a criminal offense that was motivated by the offender’s bias, not a separate and distinct crime. For instance, an actor commits arson, which is a crime. If the facts of the case indicate that the offender was motivated to commit arson because of their bias against the victim’s race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, or national origin, the assault is then also classified as a hate/bias crime. As another example, if a Hate Crime occurs where there is an incident involving intimidation, the law requires that the statistic be reported as a hate crime even though there is no requirement to report the crime classification in any other area of this compliance document. Race. A preformed negative attitude toward a group of persons who possess common physical characteristics (e.g., the color of skin, eyes, and/or hair, facial features, etc.), genetically transmitted by descent and heredity which distinguish them as a distinct division of humankind (e.g., Asians, blacks, whites). Gender. A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their actual or perceived gender (e.g., male or female). Religion. A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons who share the same religious beliefs regarding the origin and purpose of the universe and the existence or nonexistence of a supreme being (e.g., Catholics, Jews, Protestants, atheists). Disability. A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their physical or mental impairments, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, congenital or acquired by heredity, accident, injury, advanced age or illness. Sexual orientation. A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual). Gender Identity. A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person or groups of persons based on their actual or perceived gender identity. (e.g., bias against transgender or gender non-conforming individuals). Ethnicity. A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, common culture (often including a shared religion) and/or ideology that stresses common ancestry. Ethnicity differs from the closely related term race in that “race” refers to grouping based chiefly upon biological criteria, while “ethnicity” also encompasses additional cultural factors.
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