normal). If you are on the streets without an adult or someone over the allowed
age you will be fined and taken home. If you are doing any criminal activity you
could be taken straight into police custody.
Do we need them?
At the moment there is lot of youth crime and gang related violence. These
problems lead to even bigger problems such as deaths, drugs and little children
being educated to think that gang wars and drug lords are the way of life. This will
never stop unless strong actions are taken and maybe a curfew could stop this. A
curfew is a good choice to stop this behaviour by not letting young kids get
dragged into the gang way of life and stopping drugs being sold to the children. It
could also break down gang work because normally 40% to 60% of a gang would be
under the age of 18. So do you think your kids would be safe enough without a
youth curfew in place?
On one hand you have a thing that could stop youth crime but on the other hand it
could be a breach of human rights and could also be a really annoying experience.
If you have not committed a crime or you are just a good person who has
engagements after dark a curfew could be a real annoyance. Do the government
have the power to take away our freedom and arrest us for walking down the
street at 9:01pm. Personally, I don’t think that the government should be able to
do this because it is a breach of human rights. Picture this:- you are walking home
from rugby practice, the time is 8:54pm and you are with three friends. One
friend walks down his drive into his house but you and a team mate are still walking
home. The clock (your watch) strikes 9:00pm, you set into a slow jog, suddenly
around the corner comes a squad car. Two beams of light shine upon you and your
friend. Before you know it you have been bundled into the car and being taken
home.
So in conclusion, I think that a curfew is a great way to look after your children
and it will probably decrease gang violence and drug use. But it is also a breach of
human rights and it is an annoyance to parents and children who have commitments
after dark. So I recommend that a curfew is only used in extreme cases of gang
violence and drug use. And for those parents that think it will be a hassle, would
you rather have your kids taking drugs and being enrolled with gangs and getting
hurt?