Disclaimer: This blog is an assignment for CMP 272 Summer 2009 to allow students an opportunity to present a valid argument, generate feedback (pro and con), post responses, and practice moderating skills in a technological environment.

In 2001, 5,486 young people ages 10 to 24 were murdered, an average of 15 each day (CDC 2004).


Minors under the age of 18 should not be allowed outside on the street or in a car with friends between the hours of 11pm and 5am.

Juveniles & Violence -- The Statistics

Over the past several years, concern about juvenile crime and teenagers' safety has led many U.S. cities to enact teen-curfew laws. Such laws make it illegal for youths under a certain age usually 16 or 17 to be in public places during specified hours, usually between 11 p.m. or midnight and dawn.

While the overall crime rate has declined for the past four years in the U.S., the juvenile violent-crime rate, comprising murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, has climbed, except for 1995. In that year, the juvenile violent-crime rate declined slightly, but it did so for only the first time in almost 10 years. Between 1984 and 1994, the homicide-arrest rate for juveniles nearly tripled. Just under 2,800 juveniles were arrested for homicide in 1994, compared with 958 such arrests in 1984. The number of gun homicides by juveniles quadrupled between 1984 and 1994.

In response to high levels of juvenile crime, 146 of the nation's 200 largest cities now enforce teen curfews. Ninety of these municipalities have passed new curfew laws or have begun enforcing old ones since 1990. Including smaller cities and towns, about 1,000 communities now impose teen curfews.

Teens under the age of 18 SHOULD have curfews. Whether it be in their own homes or in a friend or relative's home they should not be allowed on the streets after 11pm. Children should not be allowed out during the hours that an adult may be out drinking and driving or going to/leaving a bar.

References

www.blog.youthsrights.org
www.familyfirstaid.org

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Maybe, Maybe Not

Curfews have always been a good idea, minors really don't need to be roaming the streets at odd hours of the night. It still doesn't solve everything though. Kids will still find a way to do the things they want. The only sure way I believe is for the parents to be there, where are they or another responsible adult??
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  1. Alice MiddletonSeptember 22, 2009 at 8:17 AM

    Young children should not be roaming the streets late at night. There definitely should be a curfew in place and implemented by adults. This is to protect the safety of our children.

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