Crime Statistics
Athens Technical College reports statistics on the following crimes and offenses annually:
- Criminal Homicide — murder and non-negligent and negligent manslaughter.
- Forcible or Non-forcible Sex Offenses — any sexual act directed against another person, forcible and/or against that person's will or not forcible or against that person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent (such as when the victim is intoxicated). This category also includes non-forcible sex offenses, which are acts of "unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse." This definition encompasses incest or statutory rape.
- Robbery — the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the control, custody, or care of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
- Aggravated Assault — an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. Usually, this offense occurs by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
- Burglary — the unlawful entry (breaking and entering) into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or theft.
- Arson — willful or malicious burning or an attempt to burn a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, or personal property.
- Motor Vehicle Theft — the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.
- On-campus arrests for alcohol, drug, and illegal weapon violations.
- Certain referrals for campus disciplinary actions for alcohol, drug, or illegal weapon violations. If these referrals are included in the report as an arrest, the college does not need to report the referral under this category.
- Hate Crimes — crimes that fall into the above list, crimes involving bodily injury, or crimes reported to campus security or local police. Athens Technical College must report hate crimes by category of prejudice — race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or disability — as part of the campus crime statistics.
- Domestic Violence — The term "domestic violence" includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimated partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction.
- Dating Violence — The term "dating violence" means violence committed by a person
- Who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and
- Where the existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the following factors:
- The length of the relationship
- The type of relationship
- The frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship
- Sexual Assault — means any nonconsensual sexual act proscribed by federal, tribal, or state law. Including when the victim lacks capacity to consent.
- Stalking — The term "stalking" means engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to:
- Fear for his or her safety of others; or
- Suffers substantial emotional distress
Furthermore, Athens Technical College must provide the following geographic breakdown of the crime statistics:
- On campus
- In a non-campus building or on non-campus property
- On non-campus public property including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, or parking facilities that are within the campus or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus