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. l • <br /> 1 <br /> 3. This negative impact dissipates as the distance from the site increases, <br /> so that most appraisers believed that by three blocks away from anadult <br /> . I bookstore, its impact on property values would be minimal. adult <br /> Indianapolis also studied the relationship <br /> oriented bookstores, cabarets, theaters, arcades and between crime rates and sexua. <br /> I entitled "Adult Entertainment Businesses in Indianapolis" found parlors. A 1984 stat areas with sexual <br /> ar <br /> __ _ oriented businesses had higher crime rates than similar that <br /> . businesses. areas with no sexually orients <br /> 11. Major crimes, such as criminal homicide, rape, robbery,burglary, and larceny, occurred at a rate that was 23 percent higher nssaule <br /> area which had sexually oriented businesses. g in those <br /> 2. The sex-related crime rate, including rape, indecent exposure, <br /> '1 � molestation, was found to be 77 percerit higher in those and child <br /> oriented businesses. areas with sexually <br /> 1 <br /> f <br /> Phoenix . <br /> The Planning Department of Phoenix, Arizona published a stud i <br /> i . "Relation of Criminal Activity and Adult Businesses." y n 1979 entitled <br /> sexual crimes and the location of sexually oriented busied des y showed that arrests for <br /> j The study compared three areas with sexually oriented businesses with thrctlewere dir re related. <br /> areas which had similar demographic and land use charact e control <br /> -� oriented establishments. The study found that, .er�stics, but no sexually <br /> 1 <br /> 1. Property crimes were 43 percent higher in those areas which contained <br /> I a sexually oriented business. <br /> J • 2. The sex crime rate was 500er <br /> p cent higher in those areas with sexually <br /> oriented businesses. <br /> J <br /> •j . <br /> •9- <br /> I <br />