Do juvenile curfew laws work? A time-series analysis of the New Orleans law

Reynolds, K. Michael; Seydlitz, Ruth; Jenkins, Ṕamela

doi:10.1080/07418820000094531

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“…While some of the extant literature has found that juvenile curfew statutes are ineffective at reducing offending (Males, 2000;McDowall et al, 2000;Reynolds et al, 2000), Kline (2011) and Hunt and À9.86** (0.00) À0.04** (0.00) À5.01** (0.00) À7.47** (0.00) Eastern À1.51** (0.00) À0.07** (0.00) À4.50** (0.00) 1.80** (0.00) Northeastern À10.98** (0.00) À0.04** (0.00) À3.32** (0.00) À9.39** (0.00) Northern À33.42** (0.00) À0.22** (0.00) À14.50** (0.00) À21.63** (0.00) Northwestern À21.05** (0.00) À0.06** (0.00) À9.53** (0.00) À13.23** (0.00) Southeastern À6.49** (000) À0.05** (000) À2.93** (000) À4.21** (000) Southwestern À22.51** (0.00) À0.14** (0.00) À8.49** (0.00) À16.11** (0.00) Western À3.78** (0.00) À0.04** (0.00) À4.46** (0.00) À0.51** (0.00) Time Weiner (1977) determined that these statutes do have some crime reduction potential. Given this discrepancy, the present article set out to determine whether Baltimore's change in curfew statutes had any net impact on criminal offending, at least as measured by the number of arrests.…”

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Baltimore’s Juvenile Curfew

Wallace

2016

Criminal Justice Review

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Juvenile curfew statutes are used in hundreds of cities across the United States to prevent juvenile offending and victimization. In spite of their popularity, there is disagreement in the existing literature as to whether juvenile curfews are truly effective. The current study assesses the effectiveness of a change in the juvenile curfew statutes in Baltimore, MD. Data consist of police arrest records for the months preceding and following the curfew change. Regression analyses address both change in arrest totals and change in the ratio of youth to adult arrests and the ratio of arrests within curfew hours to outside of curfew hours. Results indicate an increase in the ratio of youth to adult arrests during curfew hours. However, arrest totals were decreasing overall at the time of the curfew change. Implications for further investigation are discussed.

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“…Criminal activity shifted to the early afternoon hours, nearly doubling the proportion of criminal activity occurring during that time of the day (Hunt & Weiner, 1977). Likewise, Reynolds et al (2000) found a permanent increase in victimization during noncurfew hours following the implementation of a New Orleans juvenile curfew.…”

Section: Curfew Effectivenessmentioning

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Baltimore’s Juvenile Curfew

Wallace

2016

Criminal Justice Review

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“…Although not stated explicitly, curfew laws attempt to reduce juveniles' opportunities to learn and commit illegal acts by decreasing the amount of time they spend without adult supervision and keeping them off the streets during nighttime hours (Reynolds, Seydlitz, & Jenkins, 2000). It is also presumed that the opportunity to be a victim of a crime is reduced by the restrictions of juvenile curfew laws.…”

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“…Preliminary ®ndings suggest that there is very little noticeable effect of curfew on arrest statistics over a 12-year period (Adams, K., personal communication, 17 May, 2000). Reynolds, et al (2000) conducted an evaluation of the New Orleans curfew and determined that it was not effective in reducing either juvenile offending or victimization. The New Orleans curfew is one of the most restrictive juvenile curfew laws and is unique in that it provides no legal punishment to minors.…”

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Juvenile curfews: are they an effective and constitutional means of combating juvenile violence?*

Fried

2001

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Curfew ordinances have become a popular way to attempt to combat juvenile crime and victimization. Although the Supreme Court has yet to hear a curfew case, several constitutional challenges have been brought in lower federal courts. The cases are replete with psychological assumptions for which there is limited empirical evidence. In applying the "strict scrutiny" standard, several courts have also questioned whether juvenile curfews are narrowly tailored to further the State's interest in reducing juvenile crime and victimization. While public opinion and reports from several police jurisdictions support the utility of juvenile curfews, recent empirical studies indicate that curfews are not effective at reducing juvenile offending or victimization. This paper argues that the emerging evidence does not support the use of juvenile curfews and urges policy makers and the courts to examine the efficacy of curfew legislation. Directions for future research that could be helpful to the courts in applying the Bellotti factors to curfew cases are also suggested.

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“…Fritsch and colleagues 23 used data from the Dallas Police Department (1995–1997) to examine the impact of the Dallas Anti-Gang Initiative—which included aggressive curfew enforcement in five targeted areas—on gang-related violence using a difference-in-means analytic method comparing these areas with four control areas. No covariates were examined.…”

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A Systematic Review of the Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws on Public Health and Justice Outcomes

Grossman

Miller

2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Context Automobile crashes cause more than 800,000 youth injuries and deaths each year. Other youth suffer the consequences from being either a perpetrator or victim of a crime. One type of law that has an effect on youth behavior is juvenile curfew laws. These laws restrict the times that youth may occupy public places or streets. We systematically reviewed studies evaluating the effectiveness of these laws to address the question: Can juvenile curfew laws be used to improve youth public health and juvenile justice outcomes? Evidence acquisition In 2013, we used a standardized set of keywords to search 24 databases for studies that evaluated effectiveness outcome measures of juvenile curfew laws. After applying the exclusion criteria and removing duplicate studies, 14 studies of juvenile curfews remained. Evidence synthesis Of the six studies examining the effectiveness of juvenile curfew laws on adverse youth health outcomes, five found a positive impact. Of the eight studies examining the effectiveness of curfew laws on juvenile crime and victimization, four found a positive impact. Conclusions The studies that found that juvenile curfew laws were effective at reducing adverse youth health outcomes (e.g., trauma transports), juvenile crime, and victimization were of higher quality (e.g., stronger methodologic approaches) than those finding no effects. However, given the limited number of studies and concerns with quality, we conclude that more research is needed before conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of juvenile curfew laws.

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Do juvenile curfew laws work? A time-series analysis of the New Orleans law

Cited by 27 publications

References 64 publications

Baltimore’s Juvenile Curfew

Baltimore’s Juvenile Curfew

Juvenile curfews: are they an effective and constitutional means of combating juvenile violence?*

A Systematic Review of the Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws on Public Health and Justice Outcomes

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