Curfews for juveniles – Do they work? With the Western Australian State Government’s introduction of the Young People in Northbridge Policy‚ the issue of juvenile curfews is both current and prevalent within our community. In recognising this issue as one of considerable interest‚ this paper introduces and critiques the Young People in Northbridge Policy and juvenile curfews more generally‚ leading to a statement of Outcare’s position on the matter. Background: Responding to juvenile delinquency
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Curfews are a subject that is widely discussed on if they should or should not be enforced most of the people lean to enforce curfews in an effort to cut crimes that are happening late at night. Most parents would agree that teen curfew is effective in reducing the risk of teens getting into trouble. But I believe that teens shouldn’t have a curfew. I say this because not all teens are out in weird hours of the night getting into trouble so why punish all teens for others mistakes.
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the government deals with. Setting curfews is the most commonly used method by government to regulate juvenile crime. I disagree with this. I believe that curfews are just a lazy way of dealing with the problem and that government should invest money into to programs that help with juvenile crime instead of setting restrictions on teens. Setting curfews on teens is meaningless and a waste of money. Teens are looked at as the age group that causes the most trouble and society often targets them when
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Curfews and Troubles Now a days‚ the rate of teenagers been harmed or got into trouble is increasing rapidly for they are having not much of a trouble to get out of their house at night. Maybe we can also put it in a way that the parents of the present society are getting weaker as time goes in controlling the actions of their children. A solution has came up to solve this problem‚ that is curfew. But a question came along‚ do curfews keep teens out of trouble? In my opinion‚ I do think that curfews
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life-long mentor‚ says‚ "Teen curfews are quite possibly the best thing ever. Teens are evil‚ corrupt beings and a curfew is all the world needs to cage up teen crime." Though most of Earl’s wise teachings are true and insightful‚ on this subject he is terribly mistaken. Teen curfews are not the right solution to the problem of juvenile crime because they enroach on the rights of teens and parents‚ are ineffective‚ and there are much better solutions. First of all‚ how can teen curfews be a good solution
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Do curfews really keep our teens out of trouble? Parents force their teenagers to come home at a certain time. The only problem is will they abide to their parent’s rules? Curfews might seem like the solution to keep our teenagers out of trouble but let’s not kid ourselves‚ curfews do not work. Curfews make our teenagers rebel against our rules‚ our kids can be in danger even inside our homes‚ and curfews do not prevent our children from doing drugs or alcohol. Teenagers must have their freedom
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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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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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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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