Crime Classification Manual

The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes is the result of a ten-year project conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. It is often described as a criminologist's answer to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The book, authored by John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess and Robert K. Ressler has since its release in 1992 become an authoritative text in classifying violent crimes. In 1994 the book was awarded the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts' award for "the most significant contribution to the literature of law enforcement intelligence".^[1]

Part One: The Classifications

The manual provides a brief description of the FBI's definition of each criminal category and an example of the crime.*

The FBI defines adults as those of at least 18 years of age, adolescents as those who are between 17 and 13 and children as anyone 12 and under.

Homicide

100: Criminal enterprise homicide

Description: murder committed for material gain

101: Contract (third party) killing

Description: Contract killing

Example: John H. Wood, Jr.

102: Gang-motivated murder

Example:Saint Valentine's Day massacre*

103: Criminal competition homicide

Example: murder of Danny Greene

104: Kidnap murder

Example: Lindbergh kidnapping

105: Product tampering homicide

Example:Stella Nickell

106: Drug murder

Description: a murder over drugs or drug money

107: Insurance inheritance-related death

107.01: Individual profit murder

Example:Belle Gunness*

107.02: Commercial profit murder

Description: murder to gain control or profit from a business

108: Felony murder

Description: Felony murder

108.01: Indiscriminate felony murder

Example: Hi-Fi Murders

108.02: Situational felony murder

Description: unpremeditated murder during the commission of a felony.

120: Personal cause homicide

121: Erotomania-motivated killing

Example: Mark David Chapman

122: Domestic homicide

122.01: Spontaneous domestic homicide

122.02: Staged domestic homicide

123: Argument/conflict murder

123.01: Argument murder

123.02: Conflict murder

124: Authority killing

Example: Standard Gravure shooting

125: Revenge killing

126: Nonspecific-motive killing

Example: Herbert Mullin

127: Extremist homicide

127.01: Political extremist homicide

Example: Joseph Paul Franklin

127.02: Religious extremist homicide

Example:Ervil LeBaron

127.03: Socioeconomic extremist homicide

Example:Alan Berg

128: Mercy/hero homicide

128.01: Mercy homicide

Example: Donald Harvey

128.02: Hero Homicide

Example: Genene Jones

129: Hostage murder

130: Sexual homicide

131: Organized sexual homicide

Example: Larry Gene Bell

132: Disorganized sexual homicide

Example: Richard Chase*

133: Mixed sexual homicide

134: Sadistic murder

Example: Charles Ng*

140: Group cause homicide

141: Cult murder

Example: Jeffrey Lundgren

142: Extremist murder

142.01: Paramilitary extremist murder

Example: Marcus Foster

142.02: Hostage extremist murder

Example: Beslan school hostage crisis*

143: Group excitement homicide

Example: 1992 Los Angeles riots*

Arson

200: Vandalism-motivated arson

201: Willful and malicious mischief

Description: arson as a form of vandalism

202: Peer/group pressure

209: Other

210: Excitement-motivated arson

211: Thrill seeker

212: Attention seeker

213: Recognition (hero)

214: Sexual perversion

219: Other

220: Revenge-motivated arson

221: Personal retaliation

222: Societal retaliation

223: Institutional retaliation

224: Group retaliation

225: Intimidation

229: Other

230: Crime-concealment-motivated arson

231: Murder

232: Suicide

233: Breaking and entering

234: Embezzlement

235: Larceny

236: Destroying records

239: Other

240: Profit-motivated arson

241: Fraud

241.01: Insurance

241.02: Liquidating property

241.03: Dissolving business

241.04: Inventory

242: Employment

243: Parcel clearance

244: Competition

249: Other

250: Extremist-motivated arson

251: Terrorism

252: Discrimination

253: Riots/civil disturbance

259: Other

260: Serial arson

"The serial arsonist is involved in three or more separate firesetting episodes, with a characteristic emotional cooling-off period between fires."(pg.187)^[2]

261: Spree arson

"A spree arsonist sets fires at three or more separate locations with no emotional cooling-off period between them."(pg.189)^[3]

262: Mass arson

"Mass arson involves one offender who sets three or more fires at the same location during a limited period of time. An example is an offender who sets a fire on each floor of a multi-story building."(pg.189)^[4]

Rape and Sexual Assault

Part Two: Crime Scene Analysis

Appendixes

Appendix A: Hiding Places: A Search Warrant Aid

Appendix B: Indicators of Financial Difficulty

Appendix C: Witness Typologies

Appendix D: VICAP Crime Analysis Report

References

'''*'''Where there is no Wikipedia article to go with the example given in the book, a similar article has been listed that fits the description.

^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

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[1] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[2] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[3] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[4] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[5] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[6] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[7] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[8] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[9] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[10] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[11] Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997), The Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-3885-8 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

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