Are curfews effective against crime?? [9]

By Kristy Gillentine
Eagle Staff Writer
1. Juvenile crime rate down in Bryan
2. Curfew looks to limit juvenile crime

This was actually two articles, but they were both by the same author about the same topic so put them together. The juvenile crime rate in Bryan was pretty high, so the Bryan police decreased to enforce a curfew in order to bring it down. When they did the number of citations issued to juveniles decreases along with the number of juvenile witnesses to crime, juvenile victims and reported runaways. Two areas slightly increases, the juveniles solicited as suspects and the number of graffiti incidents. The curfew helps the police keep the kids off of the streets during the summer. Jackie Maynard says “It creates a partnership between police and parents.”