When police routinely patrol a particular area in the evenings for prostitution and the prostitutes move their business to after midnight, this is an example of:

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Temporal displacement refers to the shift in time of criminal activity in response to police efforts to control it in a particular area at a specific time. In this case, the prostitutes are changing the time when they conduct their business to avoid police presence in the area during the evening.

When Police Routinely Patrol a Particular Area in the Evenings