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    Do curfews keep teens out of trouble? According to Cambridge dictionary, a curfew is “a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times.” There are kinds of curfews. Juvenile curfew laws are imposed by the state/ local police; it prevents people, who are usually under 18 from being outside the homes. Emergency curfew laws are temporary curfews that are applied by the state or local government due to a natural disaster, revolution or a rebellion. On the other hand, there are curfews

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    Youth Curfews Do youth curfews really work? With crime rate rising daily in many cities, more counties and cities are introducing new youth curfew laws to keep the youth out of the street after a certain time. The issue of adopting curfew laws has become more popular as parents are more concern about their kids’ safety during night time. Although parents and the cities have good intentions to cut the rate of crimes by proposing youth curfew laws, there are several unintended consequences that lead

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    have a curfew. Curfews are good for kid and teenagers. Curfews keep kids safe. Curfews give parents parental controls. Curfews can be fun too. Lastly curfews prevent kids and teens not going to jail. Can you imagian a kid or teen getting kidnaped. Curfews can prevent kidnaps from all around the world. Kids and teens need to be safe. If kids had curfews parents would know where they are and parents won't have to worry about their kids. Most parents have curfews for teens. They have curfews because

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    ways teens act nowadays are really diverse between the new and old. Curfew hours are really important for teens and their own safety.Although they are home certain times,this does not necessarily mean their actions are appropriate. The curfew law restriction shouldn’t change at all, even though people complain. Having the juvenile under control can have mutual responsibilities.The most critical issue for not following the curfew hours can lead to many consequences. The time limit can have lots of

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    Do Curfews Effect Teens?

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    Liz Wilfong ENG 101-036 April 28, 2015 Do Curfews Effect Teens? A lot of teenagers argue that obeying curfews really affects them because they get in troubles. Curfews do not guarantee that teenagers will fully stay out of trouble. Teen curfews do not reduce or take away from juvenile crime (“Teen Curfews Should Not Be Supported “). Some teens feel that when a parent sets a curfew, they don’t fully trust their kids all the way. Whether teenagers have a curfew or not, they can get in just as much trouble

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    agree that you should pass this curfew making it were it is illegal for teenagers to be out past ten on weekdays and midnight on the weekends. For one teenagers do not need to be out past these times anyways because if they are most likely nothing could will come out of it. Nextel it the right of passage for a teenager to have a curfew for generations parents have given their kids a curfew it is just teenagers never hardly lesson to them. Giving teenagers a curfew keeps them safe and would give the

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    Should city council's be able to give teenagers curfews? If a teenager’s parent allows them to be home later than ten on weekdays or twelve on weekends then so be it. The city council should not be the one to “parent” a teenager! A city curfew just will make teenagers want to stay out even longer. If a city decides to make a curfew that says teenagers cannot stay out later than ten on weekdays and twelve on weekends will just make them have to sneak out and be breaking the law while they are at

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    Do you think curfews help keep teenagers out of trouble? Curfews are in place to keep teens inside at certain hours to keep them from making terrible decisions. After reading more and more articles it talks about how curfews truly keep kids out of trouble. Also they could cause more trouble. Curfews establish a structure for teens, most crimes happen at night when nobody is around. Criminal activity or high risk activity is more likely to occur later in the evening when parental supervision is not

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    I continuously cross the grape vine, from Los Angeles to Tulare. A path of 180 miles, a path which holds my entire life. I start in East Los Angeles, were the skyscrapers surround me. Giving off a sense of protection and suffocation all at once. As a child, I admired theses unchanging structures, but I also understood that although they envelope, they could also extinguish. Traveling at night, on the I-5, it’s simple to become lost in the lights. Red tail lights surround me, white lights on the

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    Teen Specific Laws Essay

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    unnecessary, they cause an abundance of new and unnecessary problems. An example of unnecessary laws would be curfew laws. Curfew laws don’t do anything but create more complications. According to the article, “Youth Curfews Popular with American Cities but Effectiveness and Legality Are Questioned,” by USA editor, Tony Favro, “Juvenile arrests increase significantly in most cities with curfews.” Do people really want to fix one itsy bitsy problem even if it means a bunch more problems will appear? Although

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