Clery Offenses
The University of Dallas encourages students, faculty, staff, and visitors to report
any crime or suspected crime to the University. The University's crime log is designed,
in accordance with the Clery Act and its implementing regulations, to provide information
about certain types of offenses that have been reported. Reports of the following
types of criminal offenses are included in the University's crime log when they are
alleged to have occurred on or near the University's campus.
Federal regulations specify the specific types of crime reports that must be included
in the University's crime log and annual crime statistics. (see 34 C.F.R. § 668.46(c)).
For purposes of complying with the applicable federal disclosure requirements, the
University uses the definitions of those crimes as set out in the federal regulations,
or as set forth in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Educational institutions use a combination of definitions from the FBI's "Summary
Reporting System (SRS) User Manual" and its "National Incident-Based Reporting System
(NIBRS) User Manual." As of January 1, 2021, the SRS User Manual has been retired,
but the Department of Education continues to use the SRS User Manual for incidents that are defined in both manuals.
Criminal Homicide
Murder and nonnegligent homicide
Murder and nonnegligent homicide means the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human
being by another.
Negligent homicide means the killing of another person through gross negligence. (SRS)
Negligent homicide means the killing of another person through negligence. (NIBRS)
Sex Offenses
Rape means the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body
part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the
consent of the victim. (SRS)
Forcible rape (except statutory rape) means the carnal knowledge of a person, forcibly
and/or against the person's will or not forcibly or against the person's will in instances
where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her temporary or permanent
mental or physical incapacity. (NIBRS)
Note: The definition of "rape" under the SRS User Manual has been split in the NIBRS
User Manual into "forcible rape," "forcible sodomy," and "sexual assault with an object."
Forcible sodomy means oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, forcibly
and/or against that person's will or not forcibly or against the person's will in
instances 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. (NIBRS)
Sexual assault with an object
Sexual assault with an object means to use an object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate,
however slightly, the genital or anal opening of another person, forcibly and/or against
the person's will or not forcibly or against the person's will in instances 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. (NIBRS)
Forcible fondling means the touching of the private body parts of another person for
the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including
instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or
because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.
Incest means (nonforcible) sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each
other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
Statutory rape means (nonforcible) sexual intercourse with a person who is under the
statutory age of consent.
Other Primary Offenses
Robbery means 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 putting
the victim in fear. (SRS)
Robbery means the taking, or attempting to take, anything of value under confrontational
circumstances from the control, custody, or care of another person by force or threat
of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear of immediate harm. (NIBRS)
Aggravated assault means 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.) (SRS)
Aggravated assault means an unlawful attack on one person by another wherein the offender
uses a weapon or displays it in a threatening manner, or 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. This also includes
assault with disease (as in cases when the offender is aware that he/she is infected
with a deadly disease and deliberately attempts to inflict the disease by biting,
spitting, etc.). (NIBRS)
Burglary / Breaking and entering
Burglary means 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. (SRS)
Burglary/breaking and entering means the unlawful entry into a building or other structure
with the intent to commit a felony or a theft. (NIBRS)
Motor vehicle theft means the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (All cases
where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles
are later abandoned – including joyriding.) (SRS)
Motor vehicle theft means the theft of a motor vehicle. (NIBRS)
Arson means to unlawfully and intentionally damage, or attempt to damage, any real
or personal property by fire or incendiary device.
Arson means 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. (SRS)
VAWA Offenses
Dating violence means violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social
relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim.
- The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the reporting party’s
statement and with consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship,
and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.
- For the purposes of this definition—
- Dating violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat
of such abuse.
- Dating violence does not include acts covered under the definition of domestic violence.
Domestic violence means a felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed –
- By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim;
- By a person with whom the victim shares a child in common;
- By a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim as a spouse
or intimate partner;
- By a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family
violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred, or
- By any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person's
acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime
of violence occurred.
Stalking means
- Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable
person to –
- Fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or
- Suffer substantial emotional distress.
- For the purposes of this definition –
- Course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly,
indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows,
monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person, or
interferes with a person’s property.
- Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities
to the victim.
- Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily,
require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.
Disciplinary Referrals & Arrests
When a person is arrested for liquor laws violations, drug law violations, or illegal
weapons possession, or when a person is referred for campus disciplinary action for
violation of liquor laws, drug laws, or illegal weapons possession, the incident is
included in the University's crime log and annual crime statistics.
Liquor law violations means the violation of State or local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture,
sale, purchase, transportation, possession, or use of alcoholic beverages, not including
driving under the influence and drunkenness.
Drug law violations means the violation of laws prohibiting the production, distribution, and/or use of
certain controlled substances and the equipment utilized in their preparation and/or
use.
Illegal weapons possession
Illegal weapons possession means the violation 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.
Hate Crimes
Hate crime (general definition)
A hate crime is a crime that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally
selected because of the perpetrator's bias against the victim.
- The categories of bias included in the definition of hate crime are the victim's actual or perceived race,
gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin,
and disability.
- The types of crimes included in the definition of hate crime are criminal homicide (murder and negligent
manslaughter and negligent manslaughter), sex offenses (rape, fondling, incest, and
statutory rape), robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson,
larceny-theft, simple assault, intimidation, and destruction/damage/vandalism of property.
Larceny-theft means the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property
from the possession or constructive possession of another. Attempted larcenies are
included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.
(Included if it is a hate crime)
Simple assault means an 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. (Included if it is a hate crime)
Intimidation means to unlawfully place 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. (Included if it is a
hate crime)
Destruction / damage / vandalism of property (except arson)
Destruction/damage/vandalism of property means to willfully or maliciously destroy,
damage, deface, or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent
of the owner or the person having custody or control of it. (Included if it is a hate
crime)