1) What are the differences between crime diffusion and crime displacement? Discuss your position on the difficulties faced when measuring displacement/diffusion.
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***Worrall, J. L. (2015) Crime control in America: What works? (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 9780133495485.
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Displacement is the spill over or movement of crime (in case of crime control) into a surrounding area and not targeted by intervention in question and diffusion (crime control) is a reduction in crime not only in the area targeted by an intervention, but also in surrounding areas, also referred to as a diffusion of benefit (Worrall 2014). Identifying the differences between displacement and diffusion can be based on variables such as initiative type, crime type targeted and the unit of geography use for intervention. The main difference between both displacement and diffusion is, crime diffusion has to do with decreasing crime in ways that are related to the targeted crime prevention, Displacement on the other hand is the moving of crime from a different regions. Displacement is a term reserved for changes offenders make so they can continue to offend when faced with reduced opportunities, it can be viewed as a negative consequence of crime prevention efforts, it is not as impactful or beneficial to he community than diffusion would be. With displacement, crimes is relocated to places where community impact is less harmful and the crime is transferred away from more vulnerable groups of the population, such as children and the elderly (Guerette 2009). One of the most comprehensive reviews of the extent of displacement among evaluations of situational-focused crime prevention projects, conducted in 2008 by Guerette and Bowers, found that displacement and diffusion are equally likely to occur. The difficulties in measuring crime displacement are that you cannot rely on this to see if this is the root of crime reductions and whether this is truly helpful for the communities based on its relocation.
References:
Guerette, Rob T. and Kate J. Bowers, “Assessing the Extent of Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits: A Review of Situational Crime Prevention Evaluations”, Criminology, 47(4) (2009).
Worrall, J. L. (2014). Crime control in america: What works?, 3/e (3rd ed.). Pearson Education.
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