The Effect of Adult Entertainment Establishments on Sex Crime: Evidence from New York City

Riccardo Ciacci; María Micaela Sviatschi

doi:10.1093/ej/ueab042

The Effect of Adult Entertainment Establishments on Sex Crime: Evidence from New York City

Riccardo Ciacci, María Micaela Sviatschi

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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In this paper we study how the presence of adult entertainment establishments affects the incidence of sex crimes. We build a high-frequency daily and weekly panel that combines the exact location of non-self-reported sex crimes with the day of opening and exact location of adult entertainment establishments in New York City. We find that these businesses decrease sex crime by 13% per police precinct one week after the opening, and have no effect on other types of crime. The results suggest that the reduction is mostly driven by potential sex offenders frequenting these establishments rather than committing crimes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	147-198
Number of pages	52
Journal	Economic Journal
Volume	132
Issue number	641
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab042
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

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Economics and Econometrics

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