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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break a law like that but respect a lesser law such as a curfew law? This is already not making much sense right? Well it gets even more confusing. Most curfews laws are set between the hours of midnight and 5am. You would think that these hours have been selected for a logical reason but they have not. Most juvenile crime is committed between the hours of 2pm and 8pm. There are no curfew laws to cover this period of time (Teen Curfews Should Not Be Supported). Common sense would tell you that
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A curfew is a set time when a specific group can not be outside after. Almost every state has them‚ but they should be removed. The setting of a 10pm weekday and 12am weekend curfew would cause more problems than it would fix. The idea of a curfew is that it would keep crimes of the street after this time. However‚ it would not do this and rater it would cause more problems. A curfew would not make a difference in crime‚ it would also get innocent people in trouble and it would become a haste for
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that most of the dangers you steer your teenagers away from during the day are out at night? Most parents give their teens a reasonable curfew to abide by while some let their teens ride around until one in the morning. Curfews set for teens by the cities and towns help to keep them safe and out of any danger they could run into during the late hours. Setting curfews can help keep teenagers off the roads late at night‚ especially when it comes to new drivers. Someone could be leaving a party under the
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Argument: Should Police curfews be imposed on young people? Although most people will argue that a forced city wide curfew goes against their rights as British Citizens‚ it is a way to keep the children and fellow city-goers safe. However‚ when children roam the streets after certain time limits‚ they can become reckless and unsafe. They run the risk of getting seriously hurt‚ abducted or becoming influenced by criminality. Whilst these are some very good points‚ an important question to
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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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Teen Curfews: Are They Essential? Curfews are designed with the best interest of teenagers in mind; they keep teens at home in a safe environment‚ provide family time‚ teach respect for authority‚ and give time to do homework (“Do Curfews Keep Teens Out of Trouble?”). Most teenagers aren’t responsible enough to come home early enough to get homework done and get enough sleep. Author Kathryn Hatter says most teenagers aren’t mature enough to make good decisions therefore‚ they are very vulnerable
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they have the right to give people’s children a curfew outside of the curfew the parent has created. This argument is just beginning to gain traction as teenagers want to stay out later to spend time with their friends “Netflixing and Chilling”. According to Jonathan Zimmerman’s article youth curfews date back to the late 19th century because America had an enormous amount of unsupervised teens. Similar to truancy laws and child labor laws the curfew law was created because it was said that it would
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adoption of a 10 p.m. weekday curfew and midnight curfew for teenagers. If this curfew is adopted‚ teenagers on the streets after those hours would be considered breaking the law. I support this adoption because we would be keeping the city safer and keeping the young adults safe and out of trouble after dark. To begin with‚ this curfew will keep them out of trouble after the adopted times. Not saying that we could stop all of them from going out after this curfew and catch them‚ but we could enforce
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Would a law enforced curfew be a beneficial strategy to keep teens out of trouble? A city council is debating the adoption of a ten p.m. weekday curfew and a midnight weekend curfew for teenagers. If the curfew is adopted‚ teenagers on the streets after those hours would be breaking the law. A curfew for teenagers would positively affect their lives. I believe that an enforced curfew would be very beneficial. Teenagers’ safety is an extremely important reason for a curfew. If teens are off of
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