Is Teen Curfew Safe?

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Teenage curfews
It is common knowledge that a majority of crimes such as drunk driving, kidnapping, and theft occur after dark, so why should our children be exposed to that?
A curfew is when some people such as teenagers must be off the street by a certain time at night. In the city of San Diego teen must be at home before 10:00 pm. There is two conflict about curfews. Barbara Bey is saying, curfew is correct because teenagers are safe on the streets. The Aclu’s saying, curfew is not correct because curfews law is not effective to keep the street safer.
In the Magazine Opinion “Should Communities Set Teen Curfews” the author, Barbara Bey, a teacher for 20 years in Orlando, Florida believes that curfews are a good idea. According to Bey, “The downtown area is safer for kids. Kids aren’t being harassed” (p. 469). Basically, Bey is saying that in the downtown area, if kids or teens are being harassed in the city, the police can assist in …show more content…

The author states “In Detroit and New Orleans, youth crime increased after curfews were introduced“ (p. 475). In other words, the ACLU believes that the curfews law are not effective to keep the street safer. I disagree with the ACLU’s view that curfews law are not effective because, when the constitution put this law into effect the crime rate was reduced. Also, as the ACLU puts it, “Curfew laws punish the innocent instead of the guilty. They put law-abiding teenagers under house arrest every night of the week” (p. 475). The essence of the author’s argument is that teenagers are paying for a crime that they did not admit, instead, they are being punished for crimes other commits, essentially making them prisoners of their own homes. These are some reasons that why the ACLU thinks that the laws of curfews don't

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