Youth Curfews What are they and do we need them? A short definition of a curfew is a time of night that if you are under 18 , 16 or whatever the age is

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Youth Curfews

What are they and do we need them?

 A short definition of a curfew is a time of night that if you are under 18 , 16 or

whatever the age is, or you are not with an adult, you would be fined and taken

home.  Do we need them?  This is a good question because there are so many

different opinions.  I will be trying to cover most of these opinions in the text you

are about to read.

Curfews, what are they?  

A curfew is a time of day or night, usually around 8 or 9 o’clock, where you have to

be off the streets if you are under a certain age (around 16 or 18 would be

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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 ...

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