The Pros And Cons Of Curfew Laws

An example of this instance happened to my friend from another city last year. After her school's prom ended, she and her date were waiting on the steps of the school to be picked up by their parents. However, her city also has a 10 pm curfew, and my friend and her date ended up being punished for being out "so late." These kids were just waiting for a ride from their parents, not one in the back of a police car. If a law has not served its purpose in maintaining order within the community and making people's lives easier, then it has failed. The purpose of this curfew is to keep teens out of trouble, but it fails to acknowledge the basic fact that not all teens are looking for trouble when they are out late at night, and that many of them have extenuating circumstances requiring them to be out, such as a job. Many times, it also fails to make exceptions for teens on the streets due to situations not in their control, and instead opts to slap the same charges on any young person out after curfew no matter what. Previous instances illustrating the failure of a curfew to actually help teens, and foreseeable instances of its failure in the future, have lead me to my current position

curfew laws restrict the hours that juveniles may be on the streets or in public places at night (Sutphen and Ford). Some people consider curfews infringing on people’s constitutional rights. Curfews are hard to implement by law enforcement, and, in fact, take law enforcement away from more serious crimes. More crimes occur during daytime hours and more children are victimized in their homes than on the streets. Although curfews are made to protect our juveniles and to deter crime by juveniles, does imposing these curfews violate the juvenile’s civil rights and target the true underlying problems involved in enforcing

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 think that by implementing curfews into a teenager’s life, he or she would keep out of trouble. Our group has discussed and came to an agreement that curfews really do help teenagers keep out of trouble. Firstly, curfews help teenagers to stay

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

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.

In today’s society, many people fear that if teens are out late they are participating in mischief or that they are more likely to be involved in criminal activity. Many feel that by creating a city wide curfew for teens crime would be reduced. However, in reality, most crimes are committed during the day by adult offenders, not by individuals under the age of 18. A curfew for teens would not be the right way to go.

In the persuasive commentary. “Curfew A National Debate,” Barbara Bey argues that curfews are a bad idea. According to the author, “Curfews are one of many misguided anti-crime strategies” (474). Basically, Bey is saying when they make a curfew the government will not can not fight the criminals. I disagree with that because the curfews will help to the government to fight with the criminals.

You are looking at your window and a couple of teens walk by smoking and drinking.In the novel the “Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are no curfews.Although people think curfews aren’t fair,there are many more reasons they are.

Many teenagers have a set time they have to be home by their parents. Usually teenagers must be home from dates and nights out with friends by anywhere from 10 o’clock at night to 2 o’clock in the morning. Each parent has extremely different curfews set for their children, based on the individual level of responsibility and trust levels. Some local government decides to set their own curfews, to keep teens off the streets at night and out of trouble. Many people argue whether this actually solves anything, or is even legal to do, since it is taking away a piece of teenager’s freedom. Although there are many good and bad points to enforcing curfews, they should be less enforced because they do not necessarily keep teens out of trouble,

>>Thesis statement: Parents setting a curfew is not what is going to keep their children safe, it is the trust, the responsibility, and the respect they give them that will. Body Paragraph 1: >> Main Idea 1: Trusting a teen

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" (Legal).

Insecurity in the urban centers is an issue that has been on debate for decades now. Taking Kansas for instance, according to Reuters there was a recent weekend shooting of three teenagers at a large late-night "flash mob" gathering. This occurrence prompted local authorities to pass an ordinance on Thursday that sets curfews as early as nine p.m. for people under age 18 (murphy, 2015). The question however remains if the youth are safe in our societies with or without curfews.

Most adults and parents foresee curfew as a discipline to teenagers, but from an adolescent 's’ perspective, they take it as a threat to their social life. In Hawai’i, the law clearly states that children who are under the age of sixteen and have no adult supervision, shall not be out between the hours of ten p.m. and four a.m. In today’s society, there are a variety of activities and events that occur pass curfew for teens where friends can gallivant and socialize, watch midnight movies, eat at happy hour food places, and a game that is common to the generation now, Pokemon Go. Coming from a strict family who provoked curfew, I know how it feels to be restricted from doing something I want to do. Does it necessarily mean teens are doing rebellious things staying out after hours? Does a certain time of day stop adolescents from staying out of trouble? Why does curfew start at a specific time? Is anyone really safe at any time of the day?

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.

Just because they have a curfew it doesn’t mean that they aren’t going to get in trouble. It may limit the things they do. Which in turn limits the trouble they get in, but it doesn’t stop them from doing things to get them in trouble. (Wylie Tanton said on April 11, 2012 “I personally think teens shouldn't have a curfew because whether or not they have curfew teens still get themselves into trouble, not only during the night. http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=external/Forum&sp=42891)