Thank you for participating in the IAHSS Foundation Crime Survey. Completing the survey should take only 5-10 minutes, but those few minutes will have a significant impact. The results of the survey provide a unique set of data and insights that contribute to the body of knowledge that helps to enhance healthcare security and safety.

All questions ask about incidents that occurred in calendar year 2023.

All responses are confidential and only aggregate numbers will be publicly reported.

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* 1. How many licensed beds did your hospital have in 2023?

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* 2. How many budgeted full-time security employees did your hospital have in 2023?

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* 3. How many Murders occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter (Criminal Homicide) - The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.)

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* 4. How many Rapes occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Rape - The carnal knowledge of a male or female forcibly and against his/her will. Note: Sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration is an essential element of carnal knowledge. Do not include any sexual assaults that do not include intercourse or other penetration.)

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* 5. How many Robberies occurred at your hospital in 2023 (UCR Definition: Robbery - The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. Examples: carjacking, purse snatching from a person. Note: Robbery should not be confused with larceny-theft or burglary as defined below.)

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* 6. How many Aggravated Assaults occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Aggravated Assault - An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.)

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* 7. How many Other Assaults occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Other Assaults - An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness. To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack (e.g., intimidation).)

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* 8. How many Burglaries occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Burglary -  The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or  a theft. Examples: burglary of the pharmacy after-hours; burglary of a physician’s office or clinic. Note: This does not include burglaries of vehicles (vehicles are not structures).)

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* 9. How many Thefts occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Theft (except motor vehicle theft) - The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Example: shoplifting from the gift shop. Note: Include all thefts from motor vehicles, but not thefts of vehicles themselves.)

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* 10. How many Motor Vehicle Thefts occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Motor Vehicle Theft - The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. Note: Do not include thefts from motor vehicles, only thefts of vehicle themselves.))

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* 11. How many Vandalism events occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Vandalism - To willfully or maliciously destroy, injure, disfigure, or deface any public or private property, real or personal, without the consent of the owner or person having custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law.)

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* 12. How many Disorderly Conducts occurred at your hospital in 2023? (UCR Definition: Disorderly Conduct - Any behavior that tends to disturb the public peace or decorum, scandalize the community, or shock the public sense of morality. The FBI includes disturbing the peace, blasphemy, profanity, and obscene language with Disorderly Conduct. Examples: public intoxication, disturbing the peace, loitering, foul language, obscene gestures, unreasonably loud commotion or noise.)

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* 13. How many patient elopements occurred at your hospital in 2023?

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* 14. Did your hospital have an inpatient psychiatric/behavioral health unit in 2023?

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* 15. Did your hospital use threat management teams in 2023?

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* 16. Did your hospital have a visitor management program in 2023?

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* 17. How easy or difficult was it for your hospital to recruit and retain a full, qualified security staff in 2023?

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* 18. Does your hospital maintain statistics using the Workplace Violence Typology?

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