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  • Influence Of The Curfews
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    Youth Curfew Laws In this article about youth curfew laws from the journal, Crime and Delinquency January 2000 issue, they talked about how analysis of the subject provides extremely weak support for the theory that curfews reduce juvenile crime rates. Of the offense and victimization measures, only burglary, larceny, and simple assault arrests significantly decreased after cities adopted curfew statutes. These decreases occurred only for revised laws, and only the reductions in larceny appeared...
  • Crime Rate Among Teens During Curfew Hours
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    Teen Curfew In San Diego County, and in many other counties across the country, teenagers are forced to be indoors after ten p. m. Should there be a teen curfew This idea is ridiculous. There is no legitimate reason for there to bea curfew. The proponents of a teen curfew say that a curfew would bring the crime rate down during those hours that teenagers are not allowed to been the street. This statement is false. The amount of crimes committed during the hours of curfew has basically stayed the...
  • Teenager A Curfew Law
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    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 als...
  • Curfew Law
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    The San Diego politicians are waging a War of Intolerance and you are the victims. They have passed laws that outlaw skate boarding, dancing, and even cruising. And there is no end in sight. There latest law of intolerance is the San Diego Juvenile curfew. The teen curfew forbids people under 18 from being out past 10 pm. In June of 1997, that curfew was ruled unconstitutional by a Federal Court. So what did the City Council do? They simply revised the curfew by adding some narrow exceptions. 20...
  • Equal Protection And Equal Benefit Without Discrimination
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    In Penetanguishene, the law now says that anyone under 16 out after 12 am will be taken home. This was on VR News tonight, the reasons they listed -- a skate park had been graffiti ed and a park bench was slightly burned in a fire. These all seem a little light to me, I guess to a town of less than 9000 people, it's very severe, but is that an excuse to defy the Constitutional rights of Canadians? I have so many problems with this, I don't know where to begin. I think I'll start with the Charter...
  • Curfew Laws
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    Curfews unfair, ineffective, and unconstitutional When you hear politicians and police talking about getting tough on "juvenile crime", you may imagine a school shooting, like those that have recently occurred in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Springfield Oregon. Others may recall TV clips of young people, sometimes covered by masks or paper bags to hide their identities, being dragged away in handcuffs, as the television speaks of chargers ranging from rape to robbery. But in America today, more kids...
  • San Diego Curfew Law
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    Lets say your daughter is walking down the street at 10: 00 p.m. to get some eggs and milk for breakfast tomorrow morning. But while she is walking back, a cop stops her for a curfew violation. The officer arrests her, searches her, and brings her into the station. Finally after three hours later, after you are worried sick, the police call you and say, "your daughter has been arrested for violating curfew. You need to come pick her up so we can release her into your custody". After you finally ...

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