Why Curfews Are Bad

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

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.

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.

When having a curfew, it allows less time for teens to stay out, and get into trouble. Although the first amendment presents that the people have the right to gather in groups. Why not them get into trouble if they want to? Well, let’s take a look at what happened to Johnny. By not having to worry about a curfew, him and Ponyboy stayed at the vacant lot, and then ventured off to the park. Suddenly, they found blue madras coming up to them. Soon after the Socs started tormenting them, Johnny had killed Bob. “I killed him, I killed that boy.” By his parents not caring about him, and no public curfew, Johnny had gotten himself into a serious pickle.

However, it helps adults with kids that do not listen and keeps them in Earlier. Lots of adults have spoken out about how Law set curfews wouldn't help their child get inside earlier. “ We don’t need laws to keep our children in at a certain time”. If the greasers had set curfews for laws it would have kept them from bringing nuisance to the neighborhood. Anyway there is a benefit if curfews are set because many kids don’t listen to their parents but with a set curfew it can help get their kids in earlier.

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.

First and foremost, city council should make staying out late for teenagers illegal because of danger. If city council makes this illegal, it could prevent some of the kidnapping, use of drugs, or killings. Most things happen late at night because people are less seen, if teenagers are made to be home at a curfew, fewer of these dangers will occur to our town’s teenagers.

By having a curfew it stops teens from committing crimes,doing drugs,and drinking alcohol.Making a curfew gives teens less time to do these things.If they made a curfew these teens wouldn’t be able to get ahold of drugs and alcohol.From 1995 to 1999,curfew have dropped the amount of minor arrest for violent crimes by 23 percent.When Pony and Johnny were out late,a crime was committed.Johnny had killed a Soc named Bob out of self-defense.If there was a curfew,this crime would have never happened.

Laws are set yearly for the for the well being of citizens. Many of the laws pertain specifically to minors, one of them being curfews. The law states, Children under the age of 18 years old are to be home by 11:00 p.m. . For many teens this law seems unfair; they believe that curfews limits their freedom. Therefor teens fail to realize that there is good reasoning for those limitations. I belive children under the age of 18 years old should have an 11:00 p.m. curfew because it limits crime in the community, establish discipline in children, and helps teens become academically prepared.

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).

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)