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Letuli.R._.M3A2.pptxAssignment 2: LASA 1: Course Project Task I Rosary Letuli HUM440
Introduction
Minors are subjected to curfew by local authorities to minimize the chances of getting involved in crimes especially late at night.
The states stipulate the time when the teenagers should be at home.
Therefore the teenagers and parents should adhere to the time provided by the government.
Many cities and towns have a curfew law in place to prevent teenagers from being out at certain times.
Should people under 18 be subjected to legal curfews
It is illegal for teenagers to be outside when there is a legal state of curfew.
In the USA, youth curfew is mostly used to keep youth indoors and from roaming in the street at night.
The Local curfew laws have been passed in more than three hundred individual towns.
The youths are mainly subjected to curfew due to the number of crimes witnessed involving teenagers.
In the USA, many states have laws, which permits the localities to pass curfew ordinance. Curfews, even though not popular among the youths, are popular for maintaining law and order (Siegel & Welsh, 2014). A curfew gives the parents the legal right to restrict the movement of their children. Therefore, all the youths are required to be at home at a specific time. As a result, those who against the curfew violates the law and they are subjected to severe punishment.
Reasons for subjecting youths into legal curfew
Having a curfew appears unfair and awkward, but what many youths fail to realize is that curfews are in point of fact of fact beneficial to their overall well-being.
Subjecting the youths to curfew has a lot of advantages which are worth. They include: staying out of trouble, less sleep deprivation, increased focus in school.
Teens incline to stay out of trouble more due to criminal activity, or high-risk behavior is more likely to occur later in the evening.
The argument in the backing of the imposition of curfew on teenagers categorizes the pros of the law into two, and that is preventing crimes committed by juveniles, and offering the youth protection from victimization (Muncie, 2012). According to the those who agree with a curfew, juvenile curfew is a means of protecting non-delinquent teens from crime.
Advantages of imposing curfew on the youth of under 18 years
Parent’s peace of mind.
Safety for teenagers.
Control of parents.
Prevention against juvenile delinquency.
Through imposing curfews, the parents are able to have peace of mind because their children at home at nights and hence minimizing troubles (France, 2016). Additionally, the young people are safe because they will not get involved in dangerous activities like driving at night or consuming alcohol.
Curfew evidence
Teenagers nowadays are joining criminal groups
The curfew prevents young people from criminal activities
The police officers should implement the curfews effectively.
A teenager arrested
Teenager crime is a serious and growing issue, often involving both drugs and violence (Currie, 2013). Moreover, the number of young people joining criminal groups is rising and worrying. As a result, the imposing curfew will significantly help to curb the problem and convert many people to be good people in the society.
Curfew evidence
The use of child curfews can help to protect vulnerable children.
Vulnerable children are at high risk of getting lost.
The curfew prevent criminal groups from misusing vulnerable children.
The entire society should protect children from dangerous engagements
Vulnerable teenagers
The use of child curfew helps to protect the children from vulnerable children. Additionally, Some parents are a bit reckless, and they do not care about their children hence exposing them to crime and accidents (Featherstone et al. 2013). Therefore, the community should guarantee that such abandoned children are returned home safely and that their parents are made to face up to their responsibilities.
Punishment for Juvenile Curfew Violations
Since the curfews proves to be effective, the laws stipulated by the government bodies should be taken seriously and those who oppose the laws should be subjected into serious punishment.
Punishment for juvenile curfew laws varies among the jurisdiction and they include:
Restriction of driver's license privileges.
Possible custody in jail or juvenile hall.
Fines (increasing for subsequent violations)
Imposition of community service or obligated to enroll in after-school programs.
A teenager in a jail
Disadvantages Of Teenage Curfew
Oppressive parenting
False security.
Hindrance to maturity.
Job opportunity issues.
Parent giving a warning
Although curfew shapes the life of the children, it has some cons, which affect full growth of children especially when it comes to learning some skills. Moreover, the security officers hide the juvenile delinquency in terms of taking curfew against youths. They are also denied the opportunity of getting exposed to the real world and therefore they do not develop skills of handling such as interacting with families.
References
Deuchar, R. (2012). The impact of curfews and electronic monitoring on the social strains, support and capital experienced by youth gang members and offenders in the west of Scotland. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 12(2), 113-128.
Gilliom, J., & Monahan, T. (2012). SuperVision: An introduction to the surveillance society. University of Chicago Press.
Siegel, L. J., & Welsh, B. C. (2014). Juvenile delinquency: Theory, practice, and law. Cengage Learning.
Solomon, M. G. (2016). Fundamentals of information systems security. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
France, A. (2016). Young people and anti-social behavior. Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood, 421.
Muncie, J. (2012). Youth justice: globalization and multi-modal governance. In Criminal justice and political cultures (pp. 164-195). Willan.
Currie, E. (2013). Crime and punishment in America. Macmillan.
Featherstone, B., Morris, K., & White, S. (2013). A marriage made in hell: Early intervention meets child protection. British Journal of Social Work, 44(7), 1735-1749.
