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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Curfews Establishing curfews for teens fewer than eighteen will be very beneficial in the community. Community curfews will determine the likelihood of teen’s futures. Not only will there be less violence but also‚ parental authority‚ and health benefits. Having a curfew for teens will give them less time for violence. No curfews in community’s results in vandalism. Many schools‚ parks‚ and local hangouts are being destroyed with inappropriate writings and drawings due to vandalism. Also‚ the
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Do curfews keep teens out of trouble? I personally believe that curfews will not prevent teenagers from getting into trouble. Even with a curfew teens will eventually find a way to do whatever they want. If that means skiving school‚ sneaking out or lying. Sneaking out would give teenagers that adrenaline rush which would make them feel powerful and unstoppable‚ so why wouldn’t they want to do it? Also‚ having a curfew just adds stress on a teen‚ because we will freak out about running late. Does
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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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The one law that I would change is the law of curfews for minors. The 14th amendment of the United States Constitution states that any state shall not “deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." However‚ many cities and states in the U.S. currently enforce curfew laws that deny young teens under the age of 18 their right to be in public places or to drive after certain hours. These
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freedom is human nature. Everyone wants to have his or her own space and time to manage. As teenagers‚ we sought for independence and try hard to decide for ourselves‚ but our parents set a lot of rules at home for us and sometimes even strict family curfews. Thus it has often been argued by teenagers that their parents are too controlling and do not give them enough freedom. In the modern society‚ students think that controlling parents are “old-fashioned” and “should loosen up”. Other feels that “it
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and 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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home for their kids and sometimes even strict family curfews. But do they work? Can they really keep teens out of trouble‚ or do they make it worse? Parents like to give curfews for their children like "you have to get home at XX time" and "you can not go anywhere without my permission‚" etc. If they are grounded‚ they may resist it and get into trouble sometimes. In Irvine’s (2009) article‚ she cites Sanchez’s words that giving family curfews is like "putting a Band-Aid on the problem" (para.
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Should Citywide Curfews on Teens Be Allowed? In 2011 when Mayor Nutter instituted a stricter curfew for teens‚ Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko‚ executive director of the Philadelphia Student Union‚ told the Philadelphia Tribune: Not all large or small groups of students lead to violence. Individuals who break the law should be dealt with on an individual basis. Collective punishment targeting a small geographic area is not going to solve the root issue. This is important because all young people in
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In recent discussions on curfews for teens there has been conflict of whether having them will help them out of trouble. All over the U.S communities have been debating on enforcing teenage curfews for minors under the age of eighteen so they can keep minors safe and out of trouble at the same time. According to journalists name from the Gothamgazette “giving teens a curfew will keep anyone from under the age of eighteen off the streets and public places.” This helps keep vulnerable teens safe from
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