Question

Crime ___________________ may occur if beefed-up police patrols in one area of town appear to reduce crime in the given area, while in reality it just merely shifted it to a more vulnerable neighborhood

Answer 1

Answer:

displacement-hidden cost

Explanation:

There is a supported notion that crime do not simply disappear, but it relocates after any prevention initiative or police patrols are beefed-up. In this case instead of eliminating the crime, displacement-hidden cost would occur, as the individuals committing the crime will clearly move from the area of preventive focus to another area where there are no crime prevention measures yet.