Curfew In The Outsiders

Curfews lower the number of teen involved in crimes every year. A curfew is an order specifying a time which certain people have to be indoors. Curfews apply to all minors. Most curfews during the week are normally start at 10 p.m., on Fridays and Saturdays the curfew is midnight. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton there are many problems that would be resolved if there was a curfew for the local teens. Cities and towns should require a curfew on all children under the age of eighteen. With an early curfew young teens have less time to get involved in fights, drugs, alcohol and dangerous gangs. Many say curfews don’t stop teens from getting in trouble, if a teen wants to implementation a plan their curfew would be the last thing on their mind. The article stated that from 1995 to 1999, the number of minors arrested for violent crimes has dropped by 23 percent. If there was a curfew in The Outsiders when Johnny

The law helps parents set rules to keep authority of their children’s lives. Some believe it's the parent's responsibility to watch over their underage child, not the laws. In the novel when Ponyboy and Johnny fell asleep in the lot watching over the bright night stars, it was Darry’s job to know where and what Ponyboy was up to in the neighborhood. This country runs on freedom. With curfews many conjecture it's taking away teen’s rights as a citizen. “If a movie theater can keep minors out of a R-rated movies, why can't a law keep minors from staying out late?” The articles suggests. Curfews don't take away teen rights because all minor have different rights than adults. If you're younger than eighteen years old your parents still have legal rights over you. Even though Johnny’s parents are both mentally and physically abusive, they still have parental rights over Johnny until he is