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| Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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| A US Department of Justice agency responsible for the collection of criminal justice data, including the national Crime Victimization Survey. |
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| Measure of the UCR Program's violent and property crime. Major seven offenses-murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor-vehicle theft |
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| Calculated annually as a short hand way of diagramming crime frequency in the US. |
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| A traditional measure of investigative effectiveness that compares the number of crimes reported or discovered to the number of crimes solved through arrest or other means. |
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| The intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person, without his or her consent, that entails a sexual component or purpose. |
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| Unlawful forced sexual contact intercourse with a female against her will that occurs within context of a dating relationship. |
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| (misdemeanor) An unlawful attack by one person upon another. |
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| (felonious) Unlawful attack attempted or threatened of serious injury by one person upon another. |
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| repeated harrasing and threatening behavior by one individual against another. Most involve perpetrator making a credible threat of violence. |
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| A criminal offense against a person, property, or society that is motivated, by the offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. |
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| A violation of a criminal statue by a corporate entity or by its executives, employees, or agents for the benefit of a corporation. |
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| Violations of criminal law committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation. |
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| The unlawful activities of members of a highly organized, disciplined association engaged in supplying illegal goods or services, including gambling and prostitution. |
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| Transitional organized Crime |
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| Unlawful activity undertaken and supported by organization criminal groups operating across national boundaries |
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| Unsolicited commercial bulk email whose primary purpose is the promotion of a product or service. |
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| Malcious computer programs such as viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. |
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| Any crime perpetrated through the use of computer technology. |
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| Domestic, international, and cyber-terrorism |
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