Why is curfew bad?

Answer 1

Curfews are not an effective solution to the problem of youth crime; research in the USA suggests that there is no link between areas that achieved a reduction in juvenile crime and areas with youth curfews. Although some places did see a reduction in youth crime, this often had more to do with other strategies, such as zero-tolerance policing, or indeed with demographic and economic changes affecting the numbers and prospects of youth people. In any case, most juvenile crime appears to take place between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., after the end of school and before working parents return home, rather than in the hours covered by curfews.

Youth curfews infringe upon individual rights and liberties. Children have a right to freedom of movement and assembly which curfews directly undermine, by criminalising their simple presence in a public space. This reverses the presumption of innocence by assuming all young people are potential law-breakers. They are also subject to blanket discrimination on the grounds of age, despite the fact that only a few young people ever commit a criminal offence and that adults too commit crime. Furthermore, curfews infringe upon the rights of parents to bring up their children as they choose. Simply because we dislike the way some parents treat their children should not mean that we intervene to stop it; should we intervene in families where religious beliefs mean girls are treated as inferior to boys, or in homes where corporal punishment is practised?

Children in their mid-teens have many legitimate reasons to be out at night without adults. Many will have part-time jobs, for example in fast-food restaurants or delivering newspapers. Others will wish to participate in activities such as church groups, youth clubs or school trips. Requiring adults always to take them to and from such activities is unreasonable and will ensure that many never take place in the first place, either because adults are unwilling, or are unable to do so. More sinisterly, some children are subject to abuse at home and actually feel safer out on the streets.

Youth curfews have great potential for abuse, raising civil rights issues. Evidence from U.S. cities suggests that police arrest far more black children than white for curfew violations. Curfews will tend to be imposed upon poor areas in inner cities with few places for children to amuse themselves safely and within the law, compounding social exclusion with physical exclusion from public spaces. These problems will also be made worse by the inevitable deterioration in relations between the police and the young people subject to the curfew.

Imposing child curfews would actually be counter-productive, as it would increase juvenile offending by turning millions of generally law-abiding young people into criminals. Already in the USA, more children are charged with curfew offences than with any other crime. Yet once children acquire a criminal record they cross a psychological boundary, making it much more likely that they will perceive themselves as criminal and have much less respect for the law in general, leading to more serious forms of offending. At the same time a criminal record harms their opportunities in employment and so increases the social deprivation and desperation which breed crime.

A number of alternative strategies exist which are likely to do more to reduce youth crime. For example, rather than a blanket curfew covering all young people, individual curfews could be imposed upon particular trouble-makers, perhaps involving electronic tagging, breaking up gangs without labelling an entire age-group as criminal. A Scottish scheme puts plenty of police officers on the streets at night with a brief to engage with young people, deterring crime while steering them towards a range of youth activities available at clubs set up by the local council.Other successful schemes aim to work individually with young troublemakers, in order to cut their reoffending rate, for example by requiring them to meet with victims of crime so that they understand the consequences of their actions, and by pairing them with trained mentors. Overall, governments need to ensure good educational opportunities and employment prospects in order to bring optimism to communities where youngsters feel that their futures are pretty hopeless.

Answer 2

because if you have to have your sleep. and so you can be responsible in your sleep that you can handle with your own to be on time for everything you can be responsible
ANSWER

Properly, a curfew should be maintained until age 24 in females and age 30 in males. All growth, development, and recuperation takes place at night. As a species, we are not meant to be awake at night. Artificial light is the worse thing for us.

At night, during that period of time between when you go to sleep and start dreaming, your brain's ability to absorb data is shut down and everything in temporary storage is transferred to permanent storage through the creation of Chemical Bonds, and Synaptic Connectors, as needed. While you are dreaming, the data is being categorized. Getting less than 10 hours of sleep, at night, can affect your ability to recover that data when needed. Such as while in school.

At night, your body washes out all the Lactic Acid that has built up in your muscles during the day, replacing it with Oxygen.

At night, your immune system goes into limited standby mode to regenerate, while also repairing injuries, such as sore and strained muscles.

At night, prior to the ages of full maturity, all growth and development takes place. Guys, this means that until age 30, if you are not getting the proper amount of sleep, you are not going to reach your full potential length with your tally whacker. That might be useful some day. And yes, that contributes to a guy's morning woody. For you girls, it affects the full development of your uterus and breast, in preparation for when you carry a child, after age 24. For both sexes, it can affect how your overall body develops and handles the absorption of nutrients, important in weight control.

At an emotional level, not getting proper sleep can affect your overall view of life and those around you.

When you wake up, provided you got a proper amount of sleep, your body and your brain are refreshed and ready for the day's activities, and it's challenges.

Answer 3

A curfew is defiantly bad because teens now a days need more trust from their parents and should know what time to be home depending on their community. My mom use to let me out all the time, as long as she new were i was. And she new that i would always stay out let but only with my friends. :)

Answer 4

Teens shouldn't have a curfew because now and days teens like to have fun and party and stuff.