Curfew Law There are many laws passed in today’s society that have a foundation for protecting our youth. Of course‚ many of these laws are a target for controversy‚ but one these laws seems to have found itself at the top of the list. This law‚ in many peoples opinion‚ is a direct violation of our rights as American citizens. Some believe that this is a gateway law that gives the government the ability to become even more overbearing and suppressing to society in general. However‚ there are also
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I believe that this is an argument that will have good arguments for either side and as such I will defend and debate against both sides throughout the course of this essay. I believe that curfew laws are most definately something that many people‚ mostly teenagers since they are the ones affected‚ would be opposed to. It can be seen as unfair to force someone to follow a curfew especially if they want to go hang out with friends or if they wanted to do something that required being out at night
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I believe that there should be no curfew laws for teenagers. The setting of a curfew should be up to the teenager themselves and their parents. I believe this mainly because an enforced curfew law would simply result in more teenagers getting in trouble with the law. Teenagers could accidentally break the law if they are unaware of what time it is‚ traffic could cause a teenager to be late and therefore break the law. There are too many opportunities for this law to be broken and therefore it should
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Anita Saavedra English 253 Maya Watson 11/12/201 Is Having a Curfew for Teens in Salinas a Good Idea? I strongly agree with the idea of having a curfew for teen in Salinas. I believe that a curfew should really be in Salinas for example how a day’s there are many things that could happen to the teens and the little children. In some of the street there could be kidnapping. In some of cities it is now illegal for any teen under age of eighteen to be out after 11:00pm -5:00am on the weeknights and
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A curfew is a rule that says people under a certain age should be off the streets and in their homes by a specific time of night. Curfews were first introduced in 1998 in a policy called Crime and Disorder Act (BBC.News.org). Curfew laws are intended to protect young people and keep them from getting into trouble. Even though intended to curfew laws do not keep teens out of trouble. It is said by Traci Truly that “the teen curfew laws have helped to lower the crime rate particularly
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Curfew Hundreds of cities nationwide have set up and enforced strict curfews on youths being in public at night or during the school day. Curfews were set to try and lower the youth crime rate. Even though only one in six violent youth crimes occur during the curfew hours. Most violent crimes happen between two and six p.m‚ the highest point being around three in the afternoon. In fact‚ eighty percent of juvenile crime occurs between nine a.m.‚ and ten p.m. Curfews are not an effective solution
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Curfew Law in Arizona. Many cities in the state of Arizona have put a curfew on all kids. Kids under the age of 16 cannot be out unsupervised between 10 pm and 5 am. Kids 16-18 cannot be out during 12 am to 5 am. Our country is a free country and allows parents to control their own kids how they choose. Who is to tell a parent how to raise their kid? The government should not be allowed to bully parents and give them rules for their own kids. These curfews are not allowing parents to control
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Perception of Selected Teenagers and their Parents Regarding the Juvenile curfew in Naga City‚ Camarines Sur (A Research Proposal) In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Research Methodology Table of Contents I. Rationale and Background of the Study………………………………......... 1 I.1 Statement of the Problem………………………………………………….. 1 I.2 Null Hypothesis/Assumption…………………………………………….... 2 I.3 Theoretical and Conceptual Framework Theoretical……………………… 2 I.4 Significance of
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Many towns in New Jersey have declared a new curfew law for teens under 18. Some towns have the curfew for being in your house or someone else’s house by 11 PM unless traveling to and from a job. Many teens think this is unfair and unconstitutional. My personal opinion on this topic is that it will definitely decrease the rate of vandalism on personal property‚ stores‚ etc. First of all‚ with this curfew teens will be in their homes or someone else’s homes by 11 PM which I’m sure
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the United States there exists a law which protects teens nationwide known as the state curfew act. The state curfew act is a law that was put in place to stop teens from going out late at night and getting in trouble. The law makes it illegal for teens to be out past a set time. This law is highly debated upon by many teens and some adults as to whether it is needed or is just an unnecessary law that infringes upon the teenagers right to freedom. Of course the law does exist for a clear purpose which
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