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Report of the Attorney <br />General's Working Group <br />on the Regulation of Sexually <br />Oriented Businesses <br />( June 6, 1989) <br />Introduction <br />Many communities in Minnesota have raised concerns <br />about the impact of sexually oriented businesses on their <br />quality of life. It has been suggested that sexually oriented <br />businesses serve as a magnet to draw prostitution and other <br />crimes into a vulnerable neighborhood. Community groups <br />have also voiced the concern that sexually oriented busi- <br />nesses can have an adverse effect on property values and <br />impede neighborhood revitalization. It has been suggested <br />that spillover effects of the businesses can lead to sexual <br />harassment of residents and scatter unwanted evidence of <br />sexual liaisons in the paths of children and the yards of <br />neighbors. <br />Although many communities have sought to regulate sex- <br />ually oriented businesses, these efforts have often been con - <br />377 <br />EVER00240 <br />