Juvenile Curfew Enforcement In Miami

Curfews have been the bane of many young people's lives for generations upon generations. Unlike this instance, though, these limitations were usually set by parents or other guardians. I realize that curfews decided on by cities as a whole also stem from the same place that those set by parents are, that is, in the interest of the teen's safety. However, I do not believe that it is the city council's place to interfere in the personal lives of these people. There are many reasons for teens to be out late at night, such as getting home from work or just waiting to be picked up by their guardian, and a set curfew for teens would cause many of them to be unfairly punished for doing things that can hardly be called criminal. Many teens hold part-time jobs, either to

It is hard for law enforcement to enforce curfews and curfew violations are not taken seriously. Juvenile curfews will not stop young people who are intent on committing crime, in part, because the penalties for a curfew violation are not that serious (O 'Neil). There are also limited police officers to help with the enforcement of curfews. Because of the curfews, it takes the police away from more serious crime that are happening in cities across the United States. The enforcement of juvenile curfews is hard to put into effect, and there are limited police officers to enforce these curfews, which are often not even taken seriously.

One other reason why curfews keep teens out of trouble is that curfews set by parents are a way of showing that the parents care about the teen. (Boekestein, 2010) suggests that teens actually want to spend time with their parents but do not know how to. A curfew is the brainchild of parents all over the world to make sure that their teen is safe and also to be able to spend quality time with them while they still can. Without the curfew, teens would spend all their time with their friends but miss out on the most important people of all, which are their parents. Although it might not seem that curfews are a way to spend time with the teen, it surely is. According to (Boekestein, 2010), a teen said what all teens were trying to say, which is they don’t care about other things in life, they love their parents and would like to spend more time with them than they normally do. A teen also said that he only talks to his parents in the car or during dinner as their hectic schedule demands the parents to be on their toes all the time.

Curfew is a set time which teenagers will have to schedule their activities around. Generally, this curfew doesn’t change and helps your teen to understand boundaries. It is a wonderful idea for teens to have curfews because it teaches them to be responsible and also considerate of other people around them. As teenagers, it is natural for adolescents to feel like their freedoms are being taken away and that their parents don’t know what is best. However, curfew is put in place for the direct opposite, which is keeping teenagers out of trouble. Curfew teaches teenagers time management, it could lower the crime rate in local areas, and it could give teenagers an overall better relationship with their parents. Because of these reasons, I

Many states are require a curfew for teenagers on weekdays and weekends. Many students will say that having a curfew should be required because teenagers are walking the street and could get kidnapped, teenagers would be at a higher risk of having an accident behind the wheel while driving, and it gives teenagers the privilege to learn responsibilities. There are many reasons why teenagers should have a curfew.

Although having a curfew for it to be illegal for teenagers to be on the streets after ten o’clock p.m. on weekdays or after midnight on weekends would be beneficial in exceptional and deficient ways, many citizens will disagree with having a curfew. The eminently important reason Dierks, Arkansas, should have a teenage curfew is for the security of the teenagers. Another reason is for the parent to have control over their child, instead of their child being undisciplined. On the other hand, having a curfew could hinder maturity.

My opinion is that curfew was set to protect minors but, there are plenty of reason why a minor would be out passed curfew and there should be system where some minors can exempt the law like having parental permission.

Now a days there are many teenagers going out late at night without any supervision. Many of them just go out to cause/look for trouble and get hurt. Usually, there is a higher risk of teenagers doing illegal things at night, for that reason, there should be curfews to prevent them from doing these things. Police officers are finding new ways to enforce curfew laws. The curfew in Orange County begins at 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., depending on the city, and last until 5am. Police officers have started to do “curfew sweeps” (looking out for teenagers past the designated hours) and have actually gotten young teens in trouble. Police officers should conduct more curfew sweeps because it helps their community's crime rate decrease, helps teenager get out of uncomfortable situations, and finally it will help parents keep their kids under control.

Although, Some people say that a curfew is not necessarily for keeping teens out of trouble. It is for keeping the town quiet at night and gives everyone some peaceful rest at night. In the article, “Manitoba town to ban kids at night”, the mayor of Killarney, Manitoba sates,” ‘It’s not that we have a big crime problem, we just have some youngsters out to all hours of the night disturbing the peace.’ ” An easier method for this is just to have a few police working at night to ensure peace. A demanding curfew that punishes many for doing nothing is simply unnecessary. “‘Ultimately, curfew laws don't make us more safe, but they make us less free,’ says Joe Cook, executive director of the Dallas ACLU” (Rosado and Manly).

A 2011 study published in The American Law and Economics Review by the University of California, Berkeley, “The Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws on Arrests of Youth and Adults,” analyzes data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Unified Criminal Reporting files. The researcher focuses on arrests for both minor offenses (loitering and curfew violations) and more serious infractions (such as violent crimes and property crimes). Key study findings indicated, arrests of youths directly impacted by curfew restrictions drop by almost 15% in the first year and approximately 10% in following years. “In the average city, a permanent 10% reduction corresponds to roughly 135 fewer youth arrests per year.”

For starters, curfew reduce crime, allowing your children, whom you love to be protected and in a safe environment. States all over such as Pennsylvania are permitting curfews. According to the

Curfews could save more lives than you think. The first reason for this is that teens that is walking around in the night is more likely to commit a crime or do drugs. Most teens would try to sneak around when the police isn’t around to stop him or arrest. There are teens that get jumped by other teens, because the teen that’s getting jumped would have money for the teens that’s jumping him could take. These kind of crimes would most likely happen in the night, because teens have a higher chance of getting away. Police departments are starting to get tired of arresting teens, so they start setting up curfews. For example: In Michigan, the Michigan law are to have teens and kids 16 and under to not be on the streets between midnight and 6 p.m. A second reason is that teens should have curfews to prevent parents from being worried. Parents worry that they’re teenage child would do something bad or illegal. Not all states agree with having curfews, for example: In San Diego, curfews would cause black and Latino to think of it as racist. The police would have to be careful and word it carefully or it’ll be overturned in court as unconstitutional. In San Diego, the curfews has already been voted out by the appellate courts two times for violating they’re peoples

Curfews can take kids out of harm’s way but it might not always do that (Berg). On an average most of the time by having teen curfews isn’t going to cut back crime because taking kids of the street isn’t really going to cut down crime because there’s still going to be other people on the streets doing whatever. However, past scholarship on youth curfews has found little evidence that they are an effective crime deterrent (Weigel). By having teen curfews isn’t going to stop

Having a teenage curfew is ineffective and useless. Many people argue that the curfews are necessary because it will keep young people out of trouble. They also say that teenagers are more likely to get in trouble late than they would during daylight. Teens are looked at as the age group that causes the most trouble, and society targets them when it comes to matter for crime, however many people believe that teens are responsible for a large percentage of crimes and that having a curfew in effect will help lower crime rates. I disagree with this because I don't think teenagers should be forced to follow a ridged time schedule because of a curfew.

Curfews give teens the chance to change and it works because they have less time out to cause the trouble and get Pregnant do vandalism, go stealing take drugs, smoke Cigarettes, and have under age sex get involved