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[[File:ae.png|25px|right|This is a page providing background in a specific field of expertise]]'''Crime displacement''' is the relocation of [[Crime|crime]] from one place, time, target, offence, or tactic to another as a result of some crime prevention initiative”<ref name= "Guerette">Guerette, R.T. (2009):Analyzing Crime Displacement and Diffusion. Tool Guide No.10, 2009. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. Online: http://www.popcenter.org/tools/displacement/2</ref>.
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[[File:ae.png|25px|right|This is a page providing background in a specific field of expertise]]'''Crime displacement''' "is the relocation of [[Crime|crime]] from one place, time, target, offence, or tactic to another as a result of some crime prevention initiative”<ref name= "Guerette">Guerette, R.T. (2009):Analyzing Crime Displacement and Diffusion. Tool Guide No.10, 2009. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. Online: http://www.popcenter.org/tools/displacement/2. The mission of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is to advance the concept and practice of problem-oriented policing in open and democratic societies. It does so by making readily accessible information about ways in which police can more effectively address specific crime and disorder problems.</ref>.
   
 
==Description==
  
==Description==
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The (by far) most common type of displacement is ‘spatial displacement’ when offenders move their criminal activities to another location. There are, however, in total six types of displacement:
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The (by far) most common type of displacement is ‘spatial displacement’ when offenders move their criminal activities to another location. There are according to Guerette (2009)<ref name="Guerette"></ref>, an assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Florida International University in Miami, in total six types of displacement:
 
* Temporal: offenders change the time at which they commit the criminal activities,
  
* Temporal: offenders change the time at which they commit the criminal activities,
 
* Target: offenders change the choice of target to another,
  
* Target: offenders change the choice of target to another,
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* Spatial: offender replace their criminal activities to another location,
  
* Spatial: offender replace their criminal activities to another location,
 
* Offence: offenders switch the form of criminal activity,
  
* Offence: offenders switch the form of criminal activity,
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* Offender: a change in person when one offender is faced with reduced opportunities<ref name="Guerette"></ref>.
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* Offender: a change in person when one offender is faced with reduced opportunities.
   
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Crime displacement has long been viewed as a negative side effect of crime prevention efforts. According to the Centre for Problem-Oriented Policing<ref>Ibid</ref>, however, current thinking on crime displacement suggests that “beneficial or ‘benign’ displacement can occur when the harm produced by the displacement crime or problem behaviour is less than what existed before the intervention. Examples of this effect are the shift to petty thefts in stead of for example robbery, or a less concentration in terms of volume or impact of crime in certain neighbourhoods.
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Crime displacement has long been viewed as a negative side effect of crime prevention efforts. According to Guerette<ref name="Guerette"></ref>, however, current thinking on crime displacement suggests that “beneficial or ‘benign’ displacement can occur when the harm produced by the displacement crime or problem behaviour is less than what existed before the intervention. Examples of this effect are the shift to petty thefts in stead of for example robbery, or a less concentration in terms of volume or impact of crime in certain neighbourhoods.
   
 
==Displacement of terrorism==
  
==Displacement of terrorism==
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* Spatial: offender replace their criminal activities to another location,
  
* Spatial: offender replace their criminal activities to another location,
 
* Offence: offenders switch the form of criminal activity,
  
* Offence: offenders switch the form of criminal activity,
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* Offender: a change in person when one offender is faced with reduced opportunities<ref> Centre for Problem-Orienting Policing http://www.popcenter.org/tools/displacement/2 </ref>.
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* Offender: a change in person when one offender is faced with reduced opportunities<ref name="Guerette"></ref>.
   
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Displacement has long been viewed as a negative side effect of criminal and terrorist prevention efforts. But just like with crime, the current view on this topic is that terrorism prevention is effective and for most cases without the consequence of displacement <ref>See, e.g.: Hsu, Henda Yao (2011). ''A Closer look at terrorism displacement''. State University of New York at Albany.</ref>.
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Displacement has long been viewed as a negative side effect of criminal and terrorist prevention efforts. But just like with crime, the current view on this topic is that terrorism prevention is effective and for most cases without the consequence of displacement <ref>See, e.g.: Hsu, Henda Yao (2011): A Closer look at terrorism displacement. State University of New York at Albany.</ref>.
   
 
==Related subjects==
  
==Related subjects==

Latest revision as of 15:07, 23 October 2013

This is a page providing background in a specific field of expertise

Crime displacement "is the relocation of crime from one place, time, target, offence, or tactic to another as a result of some crime prevention initiative”[1].

Description

The (by far) most common type of displacement is ‘spatial displacement’ when offenders move their criminal activities to another location. There are according to Guerette (2009)[1], an assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Florida International University in Miami, in total six types of displacement:

  • Temporal: offenders change the time at which they commit the criminal activities,
  • Target: offenders change the choice of target to another,
  • Tactical: offenders change their choice of methods used to carry out their criminal activities,
  • Spatial: offender replace their criminal activities to another location,
  • Offence: offenders switch the form of criminal activity,
  • Offender: a change in person when one offender is faced with reduced opportunities.

Crime displacement has long been viewed as a negative side effect of crime prevention efforts. According to Guerette[1], however, current thinking on crime displacement suggests that “beneficial or ‘benign’ displacement can occur when the harm produced by the displacement crime or problem behaviour is less than what existed before the intervention. Examples of this effect are the shift to petty thefts in stead of for example robbery, or a less concentration in terms of volume or impact of crime in certain neighbourhoods.

Displacement of terrorism

The displacement of terrorism is the relocation of terrorism from one place, time, target, offence, or tactic to another as a result of some terrorism prevention initiative. The (by far) most common type of displacement is ‘spatial displacement’ when offenders move their criminal activities to another location. There are, however, in total six types of displacement:

  • Temporal: offenders change the time at which they commit the criminal activities,
  • Target: offenders change the choice of target to another,
  • Tactical: offenders change their choice of methods used to carry out their criminal activities,
  • Spatial: offender replace their criminal activities to another location,
  • Offence: offenders switch the form of criminal activity,
  • Offender: a change in person when one offender is faced with reduced opportunities[1].

Displacement has long been viewed as a negative side effect of criminal and terrorist prevention efforts. But just like with crime, the current view on this topic is that terrorism prevention is effective and for most cases without the consequence of displacement [2].

Related subjects

Footnotes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Guerette, R.T. (2009):Analyzing Crime Displacement and Diffusion. Tool Guide No.10, 2009. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. Online: http://www.popcenter.org/tools/displacement/2. The mission of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is to advance the concept and practice of problem-oriented policing in open and democratic societies. It does so by making readily accessible information about ways in which police can more effectively address specific crime and disorder problems.
  2. ↑ See, e.g.: Hsu, Henda Yao (2011): A Closer look at terrorism displacement. State University of New York at Albany.
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