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Police Officers O Clock
749 wordsWhat do you think of when you hear the word curfew? Is it a time that your parents have set for you so you dont stay out late? Why should teenagers have curfews? Why does the law get involved with you curfew? When I think about the word curfew these are the questions that come to my mind. As a teenager I abide by a curfew. I am not against curfews that your parents have assigned you, just when the law gets involved with it. Many police go around at ten o clock p. m. making sure that no kids unde...
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Late At Night Police Officers
526 wordsShould our teens have a teen curfew implemented in our neighborhood? What is there to do so late at night? Thats what many parents ask their children. But The answer they get out of their kids is usually the biggest lie ever. Imposing a curfew to Keep our teenagers off the streets at night isnt the answer. Curfews are an impractical Solution to a serious problem, says Bob Harkins of the Teenage Review. Todays kids Arent likely to listen to theses laws anyway. In order for a curfew to work parent...
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Portuguese Parents Today Society Friends
927 wordsWhy Can't I Just Be Like Everyone Else? Portuguese parents today tend to be stricter on their daughters than most other cultures. I myself am a one hundred percent Portuguese female brought up by traditional parents and therefore can relate to this statement. Why is it that we are treated differently? Should our culture have anything to do with how we are raised in today's society? I speak on my behalf and realize that as I become older my parents seemed to become alot stricter than my friend's ...
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Short Period Of Time Juvenile Crime
334 wordsIn this article about youth curfew laws from the journal, Crime and Delinquency January 2000 issue, they talked about how analysis of the subject provides extremely weak support for the theory that curfews reduce juvenile crime rates. Of the offense and victimization measures, only burglary, larceny, and simple assault arrests significantly decreased after cities adopted curfew statutes. These decreases occurred only for revised laws, and only the reductions in larceny appeared in both the count...
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Traffic Accidents Police Officers
798 wordsIn one study the average adult surmised that teens amount for forty-three percent of all violent crimes, when in reality the number is only a mere thirteen percent, and this number is made up of only half a percent of minors. (Stoup, Page 1) Teenagers should not be forced to follow a ridged time schedule because of a curfew. Curfews severely reduce the amount of time that minors have to do things like youth events or church groups. Some people believe that youth are inexperienced drivers that ca...
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Late At Night Telephone Line
739 wordsMany Parents set up rules, and other boundaries in which their teens must follow. These rules are usually placed over their teens to control, protect, and teach their teen. Even though most parents mean well, and some rules are necessary it's easy to overwhelm teens with regulations. First of all teens are not going to follow all of the rules, and secondly there are some things that certain teens will not do with, or without a specific rule on that subject. For example, there are many teens who ...
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Nursing Homes Senior Citizens
502 wordsThe Nursing Home: A Nice Place for the Elderly A. ) Security 1. ) Curfews 2. ) Lost faculties (No need to drive) 3. ) Away from con-artists B. ) Activities 1. ) Entertainment/Songs (Brownies example) 2. ) Activities/Crafts (Beta Club example) 3. ) People of similar age C. ) Health Care 1. ) Takes stress off of the family 2. ) Help with prescriptions and medicine 3. ) In case of emergency The Nursing Home: A Haven for the Elderly Todays nursing homes are excellent environments for our elderly. Th...
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Supreme Court First Amendment
534 wordsCurfews unfair, ineffective, and unconstitutional When you hear politicians and police talking about getting tough on juvenile crime, you may imagine a school shooting, like those that have recently occurred in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Springfield Oregon. Others may recall TV clips of young people, sometimes covered by masks or paper bags to hide their identities, being dragged away in handcuffs, as the television speaks of chargers ranging from rape to robbery. But in America today, more kids a...
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Violent Crimes Juvenile Crime
1,120 wordsIn Taming Teens TAMING TEENS In the words of Thomas Jefferson Any society that will give up a little liberty to gain security will gain neither and lose both. (Anders 1) In todays society many jurisdictions are looking toward teen curfews to help stop teen crime. The curfew generally prohibits anyone younger than the age of seventeen from being in public from 11 PM until 6 AM on weekdays and from midnight until 6 AM on weekends. Although, teen curfews are put into effect to tame young teens, tee...
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