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What is meant by the term "displacement"?

What is meant by the term "displacement"?-example-1
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Displacement is the relocation of crime from one place, time, offense, or tactic to another as a result of some crime prevention initiative.
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The word displacement implies that an object has moved, or has been displaced. Displacement is defined to be the change in position of an object.

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