Curfews

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large pile of worries parents have to deal with. “My kids are home-schooled,” complains mother Tiana Hutchinson, “I shouldn’t have to worry about them getting arrested every time I send them outside to play.” (“Do You Know Where Your Children Are?” 4).
Parents aren’t the only ones upset with this problem-causing ordinance. In 1995, the American Civil Liberties Union, acting on behalf of thousands of law-abiding youth in California, filed suit in Federal District Court to challenge the state’s juvenile curfew ordinance (“ACLU Challenges California’s Curfew Law” 1).
With all this dissension, it is hard to understand why curfew ordinances are in such abundance across the U.S. One unanimous mayor justified by saying that they reduce adolescent crime rates (“The Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws” 4). This is hard to believe since a recent survey showed that adolescent crime was on a decline in all U.S. cities, not just the ones who impose nighttime (Slevin A1).
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