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Many teenagers live in communities with a curfew. ... If the curfew laws dont protect the basic liberties, they are against the essential laws of the USA.
Curfew proponents claim that the guidelines help control truancy and juvenile crime; citizens will be able to enjoy more public safety. ...
Those backing the curfew issue cite the fact that the police force now can protect the community by going out and seeking for teens that violate the law. ... The curfew adds nothing more than the obligation to arrest the innocent as well" (ACLU)
It is true that there are statistics that show that the youth crime rate decreased after the curfews were imposed. ... In Monrovia, California, the youth crime grew by 53 percent when the curfew is enforced and decline by 12 percent when not enforced (CNN). Macallair and Males made a study in California and found "no support for the proposition that stricter curfew enforcement reduces youth crime either absolutely or relative to adults, by location, or by type of crime.
Approximate Word count = 811
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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