title: Crime in hospitals 1995--the latest IAHSS survey.
abstract: Overall crime in hospitals participating in the tenth annual IAHSS survey increased by 7% in 1995 versus 1994. On a per-hospital basis, five crime categories showed increases--murder, suicide, physical assault, sexual assault, and theft (except auto). Six categories showed decreases--robbery, arson, burglary, auto thefts, bomb threats, and vandalism. While crime in urban/suburban hospitals in 1995 leveled off after a sharp increase reported for 1994 over 1993, rural hospitals showed a 9% increase in crime in 1995 over the previous year. The 1995 crime rate was 11% higher than the preceding eight-year average, with physical assault 36% higher than the eight-year average, and sexual assault 88% higher on a per-hospital basis. Some 38 Tables and Graphs are included.
authors.affiliation: Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Stultz
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003415:Crime / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D003625:Data Collection; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends