A city council is debating the adoption of a 10 P.M. weekday curfew and a midnight weekend curfew for teenagers. If the curfew is adopted, teenagers on the streets after those hours would be breaking the law. Do curfews keep teenagers out of trouble, or do they unfairly interfere in young people’s lives? Take a position on this question. Use reasons and specific examples to support your views.
Google books (digital format-NOT ebooks)
Youth squad: policing children in the twentieth century
This gives a brief overview of how and when teen curfew developed combined with some more recent curfew applications. The last 4 pages of the book are what you need.
Teen Legal Rights
Curfew information appears on pgs. 13, 16-17. “Curfew” is also defined in the glossary if you want a definition to document.
Juvenile Delinquency
The discussion of curfew is on page 60.
This is a Federal Document. We will make the source card a little differently for this one-
Curfew: An Answer to Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization?
This is a web article (from the US Department of Justice)
Ten Arguments Against Youth Curfews
This should be a simple research paper with these sources.
