| simple | | repeated harassing and threatening behavior by one individual against another |
| arson | | carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will |
| uniformcrimereport | | compiled by the FBI, from police reports |
| aggravatedassault | | Victimization survey that asks victims about their experiences |
| motorvehicletheft | | theft, the most common of all offenses, is often not reported becauses losses are small |
| burglary | | UCR offense category that includes murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault |
| robbery | | unlawful forced sexual intercourse with a female against her will that occurs with the context of a dating relationship. |
| murder | | UCR offense category that includes burglary, larceny, auto theft, arson |
| daterape | | use of the internet, e-mail, and other electronic communication technologies to stalk another person |
| hatecrime | | Part I of the UCR, includes eight index offenses |
| stalking | | burning or attempted burning of property |
| violentcrime | | measure of investigative effectiveness that compares the number of crimes reported or discovered to the number of crimes solved though arrest or other means |
| propertycrime | | the unlawful killing of another human being |
| larceny | | unlawful, intentional inflicting, or attempted or threatened inflicting, of serious injury on a person |
| cyberstalking | | unlawful taking of property that is in the possession of another person with force or the threat of force |
| forciblerape | | criminal offense in which the motive is hatred, bias, or prejudice based on race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation of a person |
| clearancerate | | unlawful entry into a fixed structure with the intent to commit a felony |
| crimeindex | | theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle |
| BJS | | US Dept. of Justice agency responsible for the collection of data used in the NCVS |
| NCVS | | assault that involves pushing and shoving another person |