There should be curfew laws for juveniles

1. That is false. For example, this study shows that "being subject to a curfew reduces the number of violent and property crimes committed by juveniles below the curfew age by approximately 10% in the year after enactment, with the effects intensifying substantially in subsequent years for violent crimes.""The arrest data suggests that being subject to a curfew reduces the number of violent and property crimes committed by juveniles…" They said, "the arrest data suggests." Just because the arrest rates gone down doesn't mean it was a result of a curfew. In order for a study to be accurate, they need to compare data between cities with and without curfews. The link you cited did not. Juvenile arrests plummeted drastically in cities with and without curfews.There are also studies that show curfews have no impact on crime.http://wcr.sonoma.edu...http://www.nyclu.org...http://publichealthlawresearch.org...2. The effectiveness of curfews applies elsewhere in the world as well. For instance, on the first night curfews were imposed for the 2005 French riot, only 617 cars burned in all of France during the night. That is 400 cars less than the night before.That was a very extreme situation. Most juvenile curfews are not imposed in these kind of situations.3. Criminal acts are easier done when they are unnoticed.Removing juveniles from the streets makes the streets vacant. More opportunities for adults to commit crime.http://www.bloomberg.com...4. Juveniles' brains are not fully developed yet. Their amygdala is still developing so they cannot sense danger the way adults do. This is why it's important to protect them for they cannot make decisions like the adults.Curfew laws do not protect kids, in the studies I cited. Teenagers are more likely to be victimized by someone they know rather then the streets at night.20% of pedestrians struck by cars were people over age 75.http://www.walkinginfo.org...Neurological research has shown that as we get older, we tend to go in "reverse", with a more simplistic understanding and less independence as we age. Also, many older people have dementia. They are especially vulnerable to being struck by cars. Why not impose a curfew for that age group? The answer is that elderly people can vote, youth can't. If youth were able to vote, there would be no curfew.5. Moreover, it is not just protection, but teens are really supposed to be sleeping at midnight because of school.Just because a juvenile is at home, doesn't mean they are sleeping. They could be on their computers or just staying awake. Also, how much sleep a teen gets is no ones business except the teen and his/her family.6. If parents enforce this with the kids, it shouldn't require much police resource anyways.Curfews do waste police resources. Mike Males, sociologist and senior researcher for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, San Francisco studies curfews in Berlin, Connecticut. The curfew was imposed because an 18 year old (too old for curfew) was shot in daylight by unknown assailants. The police put details on what the kids were doing in the curfew citations. Mike Males found that out of 450 citations for 16-17 year olds, only 2 had something that would warrant police attention. One was possession of burglary tools. Another was a runaway from another jurisdiction. The rest were playing basketball in the park, coming out in movies restaurants, talking to friends, etc. Only 2 out of 450 did something else that warranted police attention.http://www.youtube.com...