United States Code Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

§ 12101. Definitions

§ 12101.

Definitions

Unless otherwise provided, for purposes of this part—

(1)

the term “indeterminate sentencing” means a system by which—

(A)

the court may impose a sentence of a range defined by statute; and

(B)

an administrative agency, generally the parole board, or the court, controls release within the statutory range;

(2)

the term “part 1 violent crime” means murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the Uniform Crime Reports; and

(3)

the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.