Sex Offenses and Offenders

The FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) edition of the UCR defines a sex offense as any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that person’s will, or not forcibly or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent.

The Clery Act requires WCC to include statements of policy in our annual security report that address sex offenses and access to information on registered sex offenders in the campus community. Statement of policy regarding campus sexual assault program to prevent sex offenses and procedures to follow when a sex offense occurs are referenced in 34 CFR 668.46(b)(11).