Do “Off‐Site” Adult Businesses Have Secondary Effects? Legal Doctrine, Social Theory, and Empirical Evidence

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6090107
AutoresRichard Mccleary (University of California, Irvine), Alan C Weinstein (Cleveland State University)
Ano2009
Volume31
Fascículo2
Páginas217-235
Data de publicação2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9930.2009.00295.x
OpenAlexW3122380176
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas40

Recent federal court decisions appear to limit the ability of cities to mitigate the ambient crime risks associated with adult entertainment businesses. In one instance, a court has assumed that criminological theories do not apply to “off‐site” adult businesses. After developing the legal doctrine of secondary effects, we demonstrate that the prevailing criminological theory applies to all adult business models. To corroborate the theory, we report the results of a before/after quasi‐experiment for an off‐site adult business. When an off‐site adult business opens, ambient crime risk doubles compared to a control area. As theory predicts, moreover, ambient victimization risk is most acute in night‐time hours. The theoretical development and empirical results have obvious implications for the evolving legal doctrine of secondary effects

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