Offense Definitions-Data Values-Exploratory Interviews

National Incident-Based Reporting System Exploratory Interview

Offense Definitions and Applicable Data Elements

Negligent Manslaughter

• Negligent Manslaughter – The killing of another person through negligence.

• This offense includes killings from hunting accidents, gun cleaning, children playing with guns and arrests associated with driving under the influence, distracted driving (using a cell/smartphone), and reckless driving traffic fatalities.

• Note: it does not include deaths of persons due to their own negligence and accidental deaths not resulting from gross negligence, and accidental traffic fatalities.

• Offender Suspected of Using

  • C = Computer Equipment (handheld devices)

• Weapon Used

  • 35 = Motor Vehicle/Vessel

Cargo Theft

• Cargo Theft Definition

  • The criminal taking of any cargo including, but not limited to, goods, chattels, money, or baggage that constitutes, in whole or in part, a commercial shipment of freight moving in commerce, from any pipeline system, railroad car, motortruck, or other vehicle, or from any tank or storage facility, station house, platform, or depot, or from any vessel or wharf, or from any aircraft, air terminal, airport, aircraft terminal or air navigation facility, or from any intermodal container, intermodal chassis, trailer, container freight station, warehouse, freight distribution facility, or freight consolidation facility. For purposes of this definition, cargo shall be deemed as moving in commerce at all points between the point of origin and the final destination, regardless of any temporary stop while awaiting transshipment or otherwise.

• New Offenses

  • 26F Identity Theft

    • Wrongfully obtaining and using another person’s personal data (e.g., name, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number, credit card number).

• 26G – Hacking/Computer Invasion

  • Wrongfully gaining access to another person’s or institution’s computer software, hardware, ore networks without authorized permissions or security clearances.

Domestic Violence (DV)

• Data Value – 06 Domestic and Family Violence Definition

  • The use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force or a weapon; or the use of coercion or intimidation; or committing a crime against property by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim; a person with whom the victim shares a child in common; a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian; or by a person who is or has been similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim.

• Data Element 31 – Aggravated Assault/Murder Circumstances

  • Data Value used when a DV occurs during an aggravated assault or a homicide.

    • 06 = Domestic Violence

• Crimes Against Persons and Property

  • 09A = Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter (person)

  • 09B = Negligent Manslaughter (person)

  • 09C = Justifiable Homicide (person)

  • 100 = Kidnapping/Abduction (person)

  • 11A = Rape (person)

  • 11B = Sodomy (person)

  • 11C = Sexual Assault With An Object (person)

  • 11D = Fondling (person)

  • 120 = Robbery (property)

  • 13A = Aggravated Assault (person)

  • 13B = Simple Assault (person)

  • 13C = Intimidation (person)

  • 200 = Arson (property)

  • 210 = Extortion/Blackmail (property)

  • 220 = Burglary/Breaking & Entering (property)

  • 23A = Pocket-picking (property)

  • 23B = Purse-snatching (property)

  • 23C = Shoplifting (property)

  • 23D = Theft From Building (property)

  • 23E = Theft From Coin-Operated Machine or Device (property)

  • 23F = Theft From Motor Vehicle (property)

  • 23G = Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories (property)

  • 23H = All Other Larceny (property)

  • 240 = Motor Vehicle Theft (property)

  • 250 = Counterfeiting/Forgery (property)

  • 26A = False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game (property)

  • 26B = Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud (property)

  • 26C = Impersonation (property)

  • 26D = Welfare Fraud (property)

  • 26E = Wire Fraud (property)

  • 26F = Identity Theft (property)

  • 26G = Hacking/Computer Invasion (property)

  • 270 = Embezzlement (property)

  • 280 = Stolen Property Offenses (property)

  • 290 = Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property (property)

  • 36A = Incest (person)

  • 36B = Statutory Rape (person)

  • 510 = Bribery (property)

  • 64A = Human Trafficking, Commercial Sex Acts (person)

  • 64B = Human Trafficking, Involuntary Servitude (person)

• New Victim to Offender Relationship Code

  • XR = Victim Was Ex-Relationship (ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend)

• Current victim to offender relationship codes to be used in a DV incident

Within Family

• SE = Victim Was Spouse

• CS = Victim Was Common-Law Spouse

• PA = Victim Was Parent

• SB = Victim Was Sibling (brother or sister)

• CH = Victim Was Child

• GP = Victim Was Grandparent

• GC = Victim Was Grandchild

• IL = Victim Was In-law

• SP = Victim Was Stepparent

• SC = Victim Was Stepchild

• SS = Victim Was Stepsibling (stepbrother or stepsister)

• OF = Victim Was Other Family Member

• Outside Family but Known to Victim

  • BG = Victim Was Boyfriend/Girlfriend

  • CF = Victim Was Child of Boyfriend or Girlfriend

  • XS = Victim Was Ex-Spouse