A police officer stops a group of teens who are walking around a local mall. The officer asks for their age and desires, the teens tell their age and gives him their desire. The officers decide to take the teens home and gives their parents a fine because they were not home by their curfew. It is common to see teens working at a mall or shop, but what if they had to leave their job early to meet their curfew time. Towns and shopping malls are now adding curfews to their rules and opening hours for teens. There have been multiple sense of minors causing trouble, late at night during school nights. Recently more towns and shopping areas have been putting a ban on teens who come to their area. Since 1995 malls and towns have been issuing new curfew laws and bans. In the Titusville city, …show more content…
People who live near East and West Towne malls are saying that it was a bad idea to put a curfew. A representative of East and West Towne malls are debating on the new ban of the curfew. Samba Baldeh had said the new ban had problems with low-income and people of color who normally come to the malls. Stating that people with color skin are majorly affected by the new rule. Balden is also concerned about how it can affect black children with racial profiling. Some people from the Civil Liberties Union think that they should take down the curfew. By adding the new rule it would also affect people who are low-income areas and can people who could get racially profiled. State ACLU executive director Chris Ott had stated “This breaks the trust between youth and law enforcement, reinforces a belief that the criminal justice system is biased and inconsistent, and may push young people into the criminal justice system through receiving municipal tickets for trying to hang out at the mall,” ("Local Teens Disappointed, Frustrated by New Curfew at
Recently, there has been a rise in criminal activity amongst the youth in Columbus Georgia. The percentage of juvenile criminals increased by almost 9.5% in the year 2012-2013(Chattahoochee Valley Struggles with Black on Black Crime). Many of the crimes committed involved adolescents as young as fifteen, and have become increasingly more violent. In 2012 a sixteen year old woman was shot and killed by her eighteen year old boyfriend, a few months later a nineteen year old boy was shot while walking to his home. (Chattahoochee Valley Struggles with Black on Black Crime). Due to the overwhelmin...
Curfew laws provide greater safety for the residents of the city. A survey was conducted by the U.S. conference of mayors in 1995 stated that 86% of the cities believed that applying the curfew law for the youth helped make their streets safer for their residents (USCM). with more people outside being fatigued or under the influence of drugs or alcohol, curfews can help teenagers stay away from the greater risk that can come as hours gets later states Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D., a psychologist writing for Psychology Today (Hatter).
... adding a new law will not change anything. When teens are out after curfew, they are committing a crime, and therefore by default, adding to the list of juvenile criminals. Consequently, curfews do not decrease crime rates.
Today law enforcement is criminalizing innocent activity because of curfews placed in their region. Like in Shaina’s case, she had a destination in mind. Many young teens out past 10p.m. are only trying to get home or have a place of interest in mind. There shouldn’t be an automatic negative assumption of a teen that is out past 10pm. Teenagers should not have labels placed upon them when they have not caused any trouble. Curfew laws create these labels on young teens and put down the ones who are innocent. Curfew laws discriminate against young teens who have done nothing wrong and serve no threat to the community.
Strict rules create rebellious teens. Many people think that curfews are a fundamental way to keeping teens out of trouble, but this is not the case. Curfews are neither applicable, justified, nor are they a way to diminish criminal activities committed by adolescents. Curfews are ultimately useless because there are too many reasons that contradict why a curfew would work.
Sutphen, Richard D., and Janet Ford. “The Effectiveness And Enforcement of A Teen Curfew Law.” Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 28.1 (2001): 55. Academic Search Complete. 20 Mar. 2012.
There is some debate on whether curfews keep teenagers out of trouble. A curfew is defined as a law or regulation that requires a person or group of people must stay indoors for a designated time, usually through the night. Curfews usually apply to teenagers and are there to help keep them out of trouble and keep them safe. City regulations have different views on curfew times and age groups. For example, a 13 year old will need to go indoors earlier than a 17 year old. Usually a curfew is set at about 11 p.m., but can also be set for in the daytime. In consideration of having a curfew for teenagers, the crime rate has greatly decreased.
A curfew can be described as an order establishing a specific time in the evening after which certain regulations apply, especially that no civilians or other specified group of unauthorized persons may be outdoors or that places of public assembly must be closed (Dictionary.com). This definition refers to the curfews that are enacted in some states throughout the United States and some countries. A curfew can also be described as a regulation requiring a person to be home at a certain prescribed time, as imposed by a parent on a child (Dictionary.com). Local city curfew laws are enforced with the intension of reducing the juvenile crime rate. On the other hand, parents enforce curfews to keep teens safe, to protect them and to save them from getting involve in illicit things.
But if they pass the law of the teenage curfew being 9 pm most teens will probably be very upset because most teens usually hang out at night. For instance, a couple of teenage friends go and hang out and go to the movies and there is this one movie that they really want to see. So they go and see the movie, but they find out the movie is an hour and 30 minutes and it's already 8:30 pm so now they probably can't see the movie because by the time the movie ends it will be well past curfew. Now if the state curfew was 11 pm the teens would probably have enough time to see the movie they wanted and have enough time to get home before the curfew.
Should teenagers be restricted to a curfew? That's a question many parents question themselves. What is my son up? What is my daughter doing? How do I know if they're safe? What time will he/she be home? When following curfews, teens tend to stay out of trouble more because criminal activity or high-risk behaviors is more likely to occur later in the evening when parental supervision is not present. Therefore teenagers need have a curfew, imposing curfews would help keep young teens out of trouble legally, set strict boundaries, and provides safety.
A false sense of security exists as one of the disadvantages of teenage curfews. Parents assume that when they force their children home at a certain time, they will not participate in anything immoral, but that is not always true. The Aspen Education Group states, “While a teenager staying out late can cause issues, it’s important not to use a curfew as a general answer to these possible problems” (Hatter 1). In realization, if teenagers obtain the desire to involve themselves in corrupt acts, they will find a way to do so no matter the time. Teenagers would feel more pressured to sneak out if their friends were participating in something that they could not be a part of due to their curfew. If parents rely on curfews to protect their children from negative activities, they will eventually notice teenagers contain their own willpower (Hatter 1).
Do curfews keep teens out of trouble or not? Curfews have been an issue of debate in most major cities for a while now and I am in favor of teen’s curfew laws because curfew keep teens out of trouble. Curfew is a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night. No parent wants to see their kids coming home at 4 in the morning. Every parent must limit the time their child spent outside and should comes home within the allowable period and whether they were correlated in an event that could have a negative consequence.
Curfew is the time at which you should be back home and safe. Most High Schooler’s will argue that “it’s stupid” and “I won’t get in trouble anyways”. Curfew for High Schooler’s and younger children is an excellent idea because it keeps students in line and out of possible trouble. If curfew was enforced it would eventually help kids be more responsible and trust worthy. Although some might think otherwise, High Schooler's are irresponsible and can not be trusted enough to not have a curfew.
This increase in juvenile crime has struck a chord of fear in many people. Motivated by this fear, our society has to come up with a solution to this impending problem. While several suggestions have been offered, crime prevention is the most logical, effective and beneficial solution. Before going into detail about crime prevention, here is a little background information on juvenile crime. ‘Murders by young men between the ages of 14 and 17 jumped 161 percent between 1992 and 1993’ (Juvenile Crime, 1).
Strict rules create rebellious teens. Many people think that curfews are a fundamental way to keeping teens out of trouble, but this is not the case. Curfews are neither applicable, justified, nor are they a way to diminish criminal activities committed by adolescents. Curfews are ultimately useless