Minor Restrictions

Curfews In the article, “Minor restrictions” by Anthony Cowell from SIRS says that, the U.S. Department of Justice has reported the criminal offences made by juveniles from 1988 to 1992, has gone up by 26 percent. In 1992, the typical offender was younger than it was in 1988. Youth under 16 were responsible for 62 percent of of offences against people. By 2010, the number of juvenile arrests is estimated to double according to the Department of Justice. Murder alone, is expected to increase by 150 percent. These statistics are frightening to many citizens in communities across America. Violence in this day and age is on the rise. Numerous communities want local officials to do something about their teens’ behavior. Officials say teen …show more content…
On some occasions, police will find teens on the street after curfew. Depending if the person caused any trouble such as vandalism, the police will usually take them to a curfew center, and have their parents pick them up. If a teen was simply wandering the streets, police will often times just take them home. “Be Home by Curfew” by unknown from SIRS states that, when kids are found outside late at night, police in some situations will take them to a curfew center. Fines will sometimes be given out to parents. Teens out after curfew can be given consequences by both the law, and some teens parents. Although these consequences are both different, they will both have negative impacts on a teen. Consequences from the law will most likely be fines. Fines can range from $200 to $500. In some states, they can be taken away if the family goes to a support workshop to fix any difficulties the families may have (Be Home… 1). On the other hand, consequences given by the teens parent can be anywhere from groundings, to restrictions. Either way, teens will have some sort of negative minor punishment from ignoring curfew, such as fines or groundings.. In some cases, consequences can have life long impacts. Although, there are a number of other penalties such as, license restrictions, or communities service. In some severe cases, teens may be sentenced to jail time. These consequences are rare but are still possible in some communities. “Be Home by Curfew” by unknown from SIRS reveals that, sometimes, if the act is bad enough, teens may have to spend time in jail. Forced to serving jail time isn’t very common because, it takes a great deal of trouble for that to happen (Be Home… 2). Obviously, jail time is not going to have a great impact on a teens life. It will go on their permanent record forever, which could cause many problems for