§12101 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§12101 Definitions

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 121— - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PRISONS › Part Part A— - Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants › § 12101

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines three terms: Indeterminate sentencing — judge sets a sentence range and agency (usually parole board) or court decides release; Part 1 violent crime — five FBI-listed offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault; State — any U.S. state, DC, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands.

Title 34, §12101

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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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 13701 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 20101 of Pub. L. 103–322, title II, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1815, related to grants for correctional facilities prior to the general amendment of subtitle A of title II of Pub. L. 103–322 by Pub. L. 104–134.