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    Communities and the Negative Effects of the Adult Entertainment Industry

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    In five pages this paper examines the US community impact of adult entertainment industries in a consideration of the Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    negative impact on that community and its residents and have used this argument to implement ordinances which take into account the negative impact. Communities in which adult entertainment businesses have  been established have reported increased crime, increased public health violations, and a decrease in the property value of their homes or businesses among other negative factors. In addition, research studies  have found that from a psychological and sociological standpoint individuals also experience an increased fear of crime, vulnerability and a decrease in life satisfaction and sense of control over their  lives and community. From a political standpoint, officials must weigh this negative impact with the right of adult entertainment establishments to operate a business in accordance with their overall rights  of freedom within the U.S. Constitution. In a press release from Mayor Giulianis office in New York in March 2001, it stated that  new regulations were being introduced governing locations where "adult use establishments" were located in the city which would "protect the quality of life in our Citys communities by prohibiting adult  businesses from locating within 500 feet of schools, places of worship, residential areas or other such adult entertainment establishments" (New York, 2001). City Planning Chairman Joseph B. Rose said that  "these amendments affirm the Citys determination to protect neighborhoods from the adverse impacts of adult entertainment businesses" (New York, 2001). While the press  release from the Mayors Office of New York City did not include research which indicated the adverse impact to communities which were in the vicinity of or contained adult entertainment  businesses, the ordinance amendment proposed by the Town of Southern Shores, North Carolina, did include research findings. Their review of adult entertainment businesses negative impact on communities included reference to 

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