YOUTH CURFEWS: PROTECTION OR PUNISHMENT Student Name CultureWorks Course: OC1 Writing Instructor: Matt Devlin Date: April 21‚ 2011 Youth Curfews: Protection or Punishment Should teens have a night curfew? Over the past several years‚ in order to reduce juvenile crime and protect teenagers’ security‚ youth curfews are widely used in the United States. More than 300 towns have passed the local curfew laws which provide local police and authority the power to order young people under
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also. These statistics bring us to a certain point where something must be done to decrease juvenile crime and keep teenagers safe. In our community‚ instating a youth curfew would be an effective way to take care of both these tasks. Whether believed or not‚ currently 146 out of 200 large cities such as Chicago‚ Illinois and Phoenix‚ Arizona now enforce teen curfews. Supporters of teen-curfew laws such as President Clinton‚ Congress members and many law-enforcement officials believe that they are "effective
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believe that teens should not have curfews for three reasons. My first reason that I believe teens should not have curfews is because of projects. Projects are very important to students because the project may consume a lot of time to work on. Sometimes teens only get a few days to work on the project and may be due soon. Projects are worth a lot of points and a main part of your grade so u need as much time to work on it. Teachers are very strict with the way your project turns out to look. This
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Should teens have a curfew? Many people say that "teen years" are supposed to be the time of our lives‚ have fun‚ do stupid things. However‚ some teens have a little too much fun and seem to do reckless things. Setting a curfew for a teen will keep a teen out of trouble legally. Teens should have a curfew because it is for their safety as well as setting boundaries. Especially during the schoolyear because they still need a decent amount of sleep at night. During
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Time? Do you or have you ever had a curfew? Having to be home at a certain time before you get in trouble with either your parents or even the law. This is very annoying because some teens have a reason to be out late and don’t cause trouble. Not only do we as teens get in trouble but‚ “There is also parental responsibility in the curfew laws. Parents can be held responsible if their children are caught out after curfew.”(Pima County Sheriff Department) The government shouldn’t enforce teen curfews
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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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Abortion In an article written by Diane Dew‚ titled The Trouble Teens Face‚ It was stated that in recent years the media has been flooded with articles about the problems teens face. These problems range from drugs and violence‚ to pregnancy and abortion. I want discuss abortion because it is such an important issue for my generation. Since the 19th century English common law forbade abortion. Abortion prior to quickening was a misdemeanor and then a felony. In 1967 the first two states to
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law that forces teens to be home at a certain hour or receive harsh 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
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drop out of high school each year. “In several of the largest school systems across the country -- from Baltimore to Cleveland to Atlanta and Oakland‚ Calif. -- half of the students are dropping out.” (ABCNews). Why are these students dropping out? The reasons are anonymous and exceedingly many. Students drop out for all the wrong reasons. And what he or she does not consider is the future that lies ahead of them. All those decisions he or she may think are acceptable for dropping out 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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