The Effectiveness of Juvenile Curfews at Crime Prevention

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ID9762864
AutoresKenneth Adams (0009-0002-6310-4520, School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen587
Número1
Páginas136-159
Fecha de publicación2003-05-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716202250944
OpenAlexW2144368676
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas14

Juvenile curfew laws have become a pervasive and popular strategy for controlling juvenile crime. Public opinion is solidly behind the use of curfews, and the primary basis for this support is the notion that curfews make streets safer. This article provides preliminary results from a systematic review of empirical research on juvenile curfews, concluding that the evidence does not support the argument that curfews prevent crime and victimization. Juvenile crime and victimization are most likely to remain unchanged after implementation of curfew laws. Other aspects of curfew research, such as efficiency at detecting criminal activity, costs of enforcement, crime displacement, counterintuitive findings, and characteristics of curfew violators also are discussed. Finally, suggestions for future research are offered

Argument (complex analysis · Computer security · Counterintuitive · Criminology · Curfew · Enforcement · Juvenile · Juvenile delinquency · Law enforcement · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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