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HATE CRIME DEFINITIONS The College of New Jersey discloses Hate Crime Statistics based on the following Clery Act requirements. severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration or loss of consciousness. Hate Crimes: Crimes that manifest evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the victim's race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin or disability. If a hate crime occurs where there is an incident involving intimidation, vandalism, larceny, simple assault or other bodily injury, the law requires that the statistic be reported as a hate crime even though there is no requirement to report the crime classification in any other area of the compliance document. The College of New Jersey is required to report statistics for hate (bias) related crimes by the type of bias as defined below for the following classifications: murder/ non-negligent manslaughter, negligent manslaughter, sex offenses (forcible and non-forcible), robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, liquor law violations, drug violations and/or illegal weapons possession and larceny, vandalism, intimidation, and simple assault, and any crimes involving bodily injury to any person. Larceny: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Vandalism: To willfully or maliciously destroy, injure, disfigure, or deface any public or private property, real or personal, without the consent of the owner or person having custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law. Intimidation: 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. Simple Assault: An unlawful physical attack by one person against another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious • Year. Disclose statistics for the three most recent calendar years. • Geographic category. Disclose statistics by geographic location. • Crime category. Include all Clery Act offenses that are classified as hate crimes as well as incidents of larceny- theft, simple assault, intimidation and destruction/damage/vandalism of property that are classified as hate crimes. • Bias category. Include the category of bias for each hate crime. One On-Campus 2012 Harassment incident, characterized by racial bias. 2011 One On-Campus Harassment incident, characterized by racial bias. One On-Campus Harassment 2010 incident, characterized by religious bias. 13 2011 One On-Campus Harassment incident, characterized by racial/ gender bias. 2010 One On-Campus Harassment incident, characterized by sexual orientation bias.

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