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Would These Campus Crime Scenarios Need to Be Included in an ASR?

The correct answer is a) One incident of public property Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter.

Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter is defined as the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.

Since it occurred on a city-owned sidewalk, it would count as public property. If it wasn’t city-owned and was owned by the school, it would count as an on-campus incident.

The incident would not be counted as an armed Robbery due to the Hierarchy Rule. According to the FBI’s UCR Hierarchy Rule, when more than one criminal offense is committed during a single incident, you should only count the most serious offense.*

Additionally, it is irrelevant that the victim was a non-student if it happened on property associated with the campus.

*See Section 3-24 of the handbook for exceptions to the Hierarchy Rule.

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