A local police agency publicizes the implementation of an aggressive, special anti-DUI enforcement effort, but they do not actually have an anti-DUI unit. The publicity about the phantom unit alone yields a deterrence effect for a short period of time. Which term does this BEST exemplify?

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The scenario describes the announcement effect, which occurs when the mere announcement of a program, policy, or effort produces a deterrence effect. In this case, the police agency's publicity about the anti-DUI unit, even though it was a phantom unit, still had a deterrence effect on potential DUI offenders.

A Local Police Agency Publicizes the Implementation of an Aggressive