Crime displacement, defined as the movement of crime from one place, time, target, crime, or tactic to another as a result of some crime prevention initiative, is known to being unlucky and the unintended effect of crime prevention (Rosenbaum, Lurigio, & Davis, 1998). There are many different forms of crime displacement such as temporal, spatial, target, tactical and offensive. All of these forms refer to the change an offender makes when crime is repositioned as a result of crime prevention strategies. Although crime displacement is seen as a negative effect of crime prevention, there are several positive outcomes that can arise from crime displacement. Crime prevention programs and schemes are put in place to assess and address crime and hopefully prevent it. Programs can be implemented for specific individuals, communities or locations. Crime prevention programs are intended to have a specific and intended effect on crime and ultimately eliminate it. As stated in the book Prevention of Crime: Social and Situational Strategies, “situational strategies are based on the established notion that crimes occur most often in particular places, times, and circumstances” (Rosenbaum, Lurigio, & Davis, 1998). The predominant problem with crime prevention and situational strategies is that it is believed that crime is never truly “eliminated” but simply moved to a different area, and this is how crime displacement comes into play. There are studies and theories that show that, even if crime is prevented in a certain area, it never actually disappears. There are different types of “crime displacement” such as spatial, temporal, target and tactical. All four of these are similar in that they relate to… middle of paper… being eliminated completely, moving crime away from the most vulnerable groups of people can be hugely beneficial to society. Equally important is moving crimes to places where the impact on the community is less harmful. In a sense, law enforcement can almost manage displacement in a way that makes it beneficial to society. Crime displacement is commonly defined as the unwanted problem that comes with crime prevention and programs. There are various forms of displacement that have been widely studied and analysed, some more than others. Overall, the shift in crime is a result of crime control policies and the amount of opportunities left for offenders. It can potentially be a profitable theory due to the benefits, such as helping to plan strategies to prevent crime, but undoubtedly it is a part of crime prevention that cannot be avoided.