LIMITATION OR PROTECTION: DO CURFEW KEEP TEENS OUT OF TROUBLE?
You might have found information on a signage across the street that says ‘curfew from 10pm-6am strictly enforced for minors under 18years unless guided by an adult’. What this information means is that at that specified time nobody under the specified age limit will be allowed to move on the streets. People that do break this regulation especially teenagers are always being arrested by the law enforcement agents and charged to the juvenile court for possible sanctioning. Some people might think the action being carried out by the law enforcement agents is good because it will make the street to be free of delinquents, while the opponents to this rationale claims it is bad because is never going to help to make the streets to be …show more content…
Teenage curfew is usually set by the local or state government. The curfew assumes that under no circumstance will any teenagers be allowed to remain on the streets at the stated time. Arguments against teenage curfew presented the fact that; teens that are willing to commit crime will surely get a way to carry out their plans. They claim that these will only make the teens to be rebellious. However the idea of the teenage curfew seems good, besides who will benefit the goodness of curfew? Rose was a straight-A student right from high school. Rose now in the college dreaming one day she will become a world-renowned Neuroscientist, her dream was shattered after being attacked by hoodlums. Rose went on a visit to her friend’s place, there she spent a lot of time, on her way back home in the late-night, she was attacked by two hoodlums that were under the influence of alcohol. She is now struggling to get back to school. Curfew keeps a lot of teenagers from troubles that may occur as a result of been on the street in the late hours, curfew do make many teenagers to be free of delinquency and avoid being assaulted by
You might have found information on a signage across the street that says ‘curfew from 10pm-6am strictly enforced for minors under 18years unless guided by an adult’. What this information means is that at that specified time nobody under the specified age limit will be allowed to move on the streets. People that do break this regulation especially teenagers are always being arrested by the law enforcement agents and charged to the juvenile court for possible sanctioning. Some people might think the action being carried out by the law enforcement agents is good because it will make the street to be free of delinquents, while the opponents to this rationale claims it is bad because is never going to help to make the streets to be …show more content…
Teenage curfew is usually set by the local or state government. The curfew assumes that under no circumstance will any teenagers be allowed to remain on the streets at the stated time. Arguments against teenage curfew presented the fact that; teens that are willing to commit crime will surely get a way to carry out their plans. They claim that these will only make the teens to be rebellious. However the idea of the teenage curfew seems good, besides who will benefit the goodness of curfew? Rose was a straight-A student right from high school. Rose now in the college dreaming one day she will become a world-renowned Neuroscientist, her dream was shattered after being attacked by hoodlums. Rose went on a visit to her friend’s place, there she spent a lot of time, on her way back home in the late-night, she was attacked by two hoodlums that were under the influence of alcohol. She is now struggling to get back to school. Curfew keeps a lot of teenagers from troubles that may occur as a result of been on the street in the late hours, curfew do make many teenagers to be free of delinquency and avoid being assaulted by