states in the US that are enforcing a curfew law for all teens. A curfew law shouldn’t be necessary to keep teens out of trouble. Teenagers are just kids and are going to make mistakes. You can’t punish all of the teenagers in the town‚ because a few are getting in trouble. It’s unfair to kids and unfair to the parents that have trust in their kids. You don’t want to punish all of the teenagers with a curfew law‚ because it limits the teens lives. A curfew law gets teenagers home before a certain
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Many towns in New Jersey have declared a new curfew law for teens under 18. Some towns have the curfew for being in your house or someone else’s house by 11 PM unless traveling to and from a job. Many teens think this is unfair and unconstitutional. My personal opinion on this topic is that it will definitely decrease the rate of vandalism on personal property‚ stores‚ etc. First of all‚ with this curfew teens will be in their homes or someone else’s homes by 11 PM which I’m sure
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of the most troubling issues 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
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Curfew Law in Arizona. Many cities in the state of Arizona have put a curfew on all kids. Kids under the age of 16 cannot be out unsupervised between 10 pm and 5 am. Kids 16-18 cannot be out during 12 am to 5 am. Our country is a free country and allows parents to control their own kids how they choose. Who is to tell a parent how to raise their kid? The government should not be allowed to bully parents and give them rules for their own kids. These curfews are not allowing parents to control
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Perception of Selected Teenagers and their Parents Regarding the Juvenile curfew in Naga City‚ Camarines Sur (A Research Proposal) In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Research Methodology Table of Contents I. Rationale and Background of the Study………………………………......... 1 I.1 Statement of the Problem………………………………………………….. 1 I.2 Null Hypothesis/Assumption…………………………………………….... 2 I.3 Theoretical and Conceptual Framework Theoretical……………………… 2 I.4 Significance of
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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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Curfew Essay How would you feel to be taken captive by the time? To me‚ a curfew would be the same as locking me behind bars. A curfew is not necessary for teens and should not be allowed. A curfew would cost too much extra money to enforce‚ would take away our personal freedom liberties‚ and the curfew will restrict a teen from doing nightly activities either alone or at all. First of all‚ the money used for enforcing this law should be used for something else. With the payment of the workers
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Curfew Law There are many laws passed in today’s society that have a foundation for protecting our youth. Of course‚ many of these laws are a target for controversy‚ but one these laws seems to have found itself at the top of the list. This law‚ in many peoples opinion‚ is a direct violation of our rights as American citizens. Some believe that this is a gateway law that gives the government the ability to become even more overbearing and suppressing to society in general. However‚ there are also
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Argumentative essay Do teen curfew work? Giving teen’s curfew is like a baby being able to walk at the age of 1. Critics say that minors have a constitutional right to choose how long they stay out. In the past the United States has used curfew during the war times. In 1995 77% of cities with population greater than 200‚000 had some form of juvenile curfew. Therefor juvenile’s curfews should not be allowed because it will increase problems between young teens and the police‚ also teen curfews
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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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