Topic: Should there be a Curfew for youths to age 16 years old in the State of Georgia Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to enforce the curfew law. Central Idea: to get law makers‚ law enforcement‚ and parents to enforce the curfew law. Should there be a Curfew for youths to 16 years old in the State of Georgia? Yes there should be a curfew in the State of Georgia for youths to 16 years old. According to 1007 juvenile crime statistics‚ 1700 juveniles were involved in 1400 murders
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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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Brittaney Weeams Mr. Dutro-Adkins 4TH Hour English November 27‚ 2012 Curfews?? Do they really work? “Yes” What is a Curfew?? Curfew is an order specifying a time after which certain regulation apply. In other words an order made by the government or your family to be home at a certain time. Many cities have imposed curfew over the past years and in most of those cities the curfews has reduced several crimes. Curfews are used to discipline and to keep young teens off the streets and out
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forced to be inside their houses by 7 o’clock P.M.! I think it should be up to your parents to give you a curfew or not. Having a curfew isn’t fun. Children from ages 16 and under should not have a curfew. For example‚ on November 2‚ 2007 a child who was concerned for his constitutional rights‚ has anonymously filed suit against the city of Rochester to have the curfew law over turned. This is what happens when stuff isn’t fair.
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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 crime fighting tools". Declining crime rates in these 146 cities solidly back up supporters and are proof that teen-curfews would be a positive
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plain they’ve come up with isn’t very realistic. They’ve proposed the adoption of a 10:00pm curfew on weekdays and midnight on weekends. This may sound like a good idea to many council members as a way to cut down on juvenile crime‚ however how is just a curfew going to stop them if they clearly don’t care about rules‚ also‚ many teens now work late on weekdays and often get home past 10pm‚ and setting a curfew for teens is the right of their parents‚ not council. We know from events in
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In my opinion I 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
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Do Curfews Keep Teens Out of Trouble Bryan Win Lee Liang Jun Yong Jie Peng‚ Calvin HELP University Curfews Keep Teens Out of Trouble Do curfews keep teenagers out of trouble? This topic has always been on the cover page of today’s newspaper headlines and a hot topic that has been discussed by every family. What are curfews like? A curfew is a time frame given by an authority like a parent or the government to teenagers below 18 to be home before a certain period of time. So‚ ask yourself‚ do you
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trying to decide if a 7:00 p.m. curfew for those under age 16 is needed. What do you think? What are the advantages/disadvantages? Youth curfews are widely used in the USA to keep children off the street at late. How many people you know‚ who go outside after 7 pm? A lot of people go outside after 7 pm. The curfew is a great law for under age 16 years old children. A 7 pm curfew is a wonderful idea. The main reason of curfews is usually lowering the crime percent. Curfews also have an important role
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Youth curfews are popular. In poll after poll‚ Americans support laws that restrict teenagers’ activities during certain hours of the day and night. Youth curfews are also logical. If youngsters are getting into trouble‚ it makes sense to get them off the streets. There’s only one problem with youth curfews: They don’t work. And we shouldn’t kid ourselves that they do. Yet that’s what we’re doing in Philadelphia‚ where Mayor Nutter recently extended a 9 p.m. curfew on Friday and Saturday nights
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