The Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws in California
By Daniel Macallair
A study was done to see if curfews helped cut back juvenile curfew in California. The study showed that youth curfews do not reduce youth crime. For the entire state of California, there was no category of crime, misdemeanors, violent crime, property crime, ect, which significantly declined in association with youth curfews. However, a significant increase in youth misdemeanors was associated with youth curfews. Just African-American youth or Latino youth, the study found that youth curfews associated with no significant effect on crime. The study did find that for White and Asian youth, curfews associated with an increase in crime.
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