Thesis: My main points of the speech are to show that curfew laws are too expensive to keep, are unconstitutional and should be dealt with by parents, and don't show a correlation with teenage violence.

Introduction: A. Imagine yourself as a teen driving home after curfew, all of sudden your pulled over by the police and either arrested or ticketed for curfew violations. Then you think to yourself, I wasn't doing anything wrong. This has become an increasing problem in America today.

1. This topic is relevant to everyone in this class because most of us are still teenagers and still understand how ridiculous it was to have to deal with curfew laws a couple of years ago.

2. I have researched this topic extensively and have evaluated my scholarly source to determine that these laws should be reconsidered.

3. I will talk about these 3 main points in chronological order starting with these curfew laws are very expensive and they eat up taxpayer's money, that this law is unconstitutional and should be left up to the parents, and having this law does not decrease teenage crime.

Transition: Which brings me to my first point.

Body: A. The first reason I'm against the curfe

laws, according to a Survey by : Youth Curfew on Rise, states that in over 100 cites the laws were constitutionally challenged by parents and town representatives.

1. According to Jordan Budd, counsel member on San Diego's curfew law organization states, the total number of juveniles arrested for crime dropped over the last year, however, the percentage of those crimes committed curfew has stayed the same, So we cannot credit the curfew laws for reducing these crimes (McDowall, 2000, 59).

Frerking, Beth. Curfews curtail crime in big cities, keep children off streets of trouble. (1995, August 20). The Detroit News.

w laws is that it is expensive and it is paid for by the tax payers.

Watzman, Nancy. (feb. 1999). "The curfew revival gains momentum". Governing: 20.

3. It is the jobs of parents to place curfews on their children, not the cities, states, or US government.

Welz, Robert J. (1983). The Control of Vandalism: Parental Responsibility and Curfew Laws. Springfield, IL: Illinois Legislative Council.

2. The American Society Free from Age Restriction stated that Oakland's city Attorney and police chief agreed against juvenile curfew finding that it limited officers patrolling neighborhoods and in fact helped make other crimes committed easier (Leo, 1995, 18).

4. In the other hand, a one study did show that curfew laws did help the rated of juvenile crime. However, the total number was only decreased by 500 over a span of 3 years.

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Approximate Word count = 1150
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)