Allyson Walker Teenage Curfew Laws Imagine this: you are reading a newspaper. In big‚ bold print is headlined “Teen Shot By Criminal Running from Cops at Midnight.” For most cities‚ this is not abnormal. The term “curfew” is very broad. It’s meaning and level of importance varies from area to area. Although many regions all over the world do have a law prohibiting young children to be out past a certain time‚ there are still many places that do not enforce these time limits. One of the easiest
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Teenage Curfew A majority of parents and public want to put a teenage curfew into effect‚ assuming it will avert alcohol and drug abuse from teens. Most curfew policies require teens under 18 years of age to be home at certain hours at night‚ unless they have a legitimate excuse or are accompanied by a parent/guardian. By reducing the number of youth on the street during certain hours‚ curfews are thought to lesson the number of circumstances in which youth crime can occur. Crime perhaps‚ but when
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Teenage Curfews are Ineffective Teenage curfews are ineffective because the same way the death penalty doesn’t completely prevent crime curfews won’t prevent a teen from sneaking out and committing a crime either. That means that we’re essentially wasting money on police enforcement to make sure that teenagers are not committing crimes when studies show that if anything the crime rate has went up since more curfews were put into place. “A study by researchers at the Center on Juvenile and Criminal
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Summary: The enacting of teenage curfew laws in American cities such as Dallas‚ Texas is a good idea. Such laws can decrease the juvenile crime rate and provide an opportunity for teens who are at risk to become delinquents to receive needed help. Over the past several years‚ One reason I believe that teenager curfew laws should be effective in many communities is because of the high rate of juvenile crime. If there are fewer teens in the street there will be fewer crimes will be committed
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Curfew Hundreds of cities nationwide have set up and enforced strict curfews on youths being in public at night or during the school day. Curfews were set to try and lower the youth crime rate. Even though only one in six violent youth crimes occur during the curfew hours. Most violent crimes happen between two and six p.m‚ the highest point being around three in the afternoon. In fact‚ eighty percent of juvenile crime occurs between nine a.m.‚ and ten p.m. Curfews are not an effective solution
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When it comes to having a curfew‚ opinions can be wide spread about what it right and what is wrong. I believe though‚ that it is a parent’s decision whether or not they let their child out. As long as your parents know where you are‚ you aren’t doing anything dangerous or illegal‚ and you always have somebody with you in case something happens‚ then you shouldn’t have to worry about a curfew or getting punished for something that is perfectly harmless. When you are out after dark‚ always make sure
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yourself as a teen driving home after curfew‚ all of sudden your pulled over by the police and either arrested or ticketed for curfew violations. Then you think to yourself‚ I wasn’t doing anything wrong. This has become an increasing problem in America today. It is a shame for teenagers to get charged with breaking curfew and they are not committing a crime. This is another reason why teenage curfew is not need. My main points of the speech are to show that curfew laws are too expensive to keep‚ are
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Curfew is and always will be a problem for teenagers. When you tell a teen what to do they go totally against your word. Most teenagers feel that they need liberty and need to enjoy their lives. Recently‚ the city council is considering a curfew that will make it illegal for all jersey city teens to be out on the streets after 10pm. Freedom means a lot to teenagers and if that gets taken away‚ they will be practically left with nothing. The curfew law can effect adolescents negatively because many
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Curfew Having the time of your life with your best friends‚ it’s just past dusk when suddenly you hear sirens. You’re not sure what you did wrong‚ yet the cops still pulled up to you and your friends‚ and now you’re in trouble. Apparently this thing called “curfew” is why the cops are taking you back to the station. Curfew started in the 1990’s when cities with rising crime rate with teen. Most curfew hours are in the evening and night. Curfew is a law that limits the hours that teenagers under
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punishments? “Age is not an accomplishment‚ and youth is not a sin” (Robert Heinlein). When a curfew is established the effected people‚ who are the teenagers‚ are not asked for their vote or opinion‚ they are not being allowed to exercise their freedom of speech. Although some people believe that there should be a law made for children to be home at a certain hour‚ government should not be allowed to mandate curfews for children and teenagers‚ more teen crimes have been committed during the day rather
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