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Adult Entertainment 1987: A 40 Acre Study, prepared by the <br /> Division of Planning, Department of Economic Development and <br /> Planning, City of St. Paul, 1987 <br /> Adult Entertainment 1988: A Supplement to 1987 Zoning Study, <br /> prepared by the Division of Planning, Department of Planning and <br /> Economic Development, City of St. Paul <br /> Adult Entertainment Businesses in Indianapolis: An Analysis, <br /> Department of Metropolitan Development, Division of Planning, <br /> February, 1984 <br /> Relation of Criminal Activity and Adult Businesses, prepared by the <br /> Planning Department, City of Phoenix, May 1979 <br /> Regulating Sex Businesses, prepared by William Toner, <br /> Report No. 327 Planning Advisory Service, 1977 <br /> The Impact of Pornography: A Decade of Literature, prepared by H. B. <br /> McKay and D. J. Dolff for the Department of Justice, Canada, 1984 <br /> The City of Ramsey Adult Uses, Planning Report, prepared by <br /> Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc., September, 1990 <br /> SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS FROM THESE STUDIES <br /> Study 1. City of Phoenix, Arizona (May, 1979) <br /> The Phoenix, Arizona study entitled "Relation of Criminal Activity and Adult <br /> Businesses" determined that arrests for sexual crimes and locations of adult uses <br /> were directly related. The research was designed around three study areas with <br /> adult uses and three control areas without adult uses. In brief, the study concluded <br /> than, on average, in the three study areas with adult uses property crimes were 43 <br /> per cent higher, violent crimes were four percent higher and sex crimes were over <br /> 500 per cent higher that in the control areas without adult uses. <br /> Study 2. City of Indianapolis, Indiana (1984) <br /> A study of "Adult Entertainment Businesses in Indianapolis" prepared by the City <br /> of Indianapolis in 1984 analyzed crime data in a study area with at least one adult <br /> use and a control area without an adult use. The research also included a national <br /> survey of appraisers to determine the impact of adult uses on adjacent and nearby <br /> property values. In sum, the crime analysis found that major crimes occurred in <br /> the study area with the adult use(s) at a rate 23% higher than in the six similar <br /> areas studied without an adult use(s). The study found a close link between crime <br /> and the residential character of the neighborhood with adult uses nearby. In the <br />