Analysts Say Curfews Don't Work; Cities Bet on Them as a Tool Against Youth Gun Violence
Date:  06-29-2023

Youth homicides have risen, but will a youth curfew stop the killings?
From Juvenile Justice Information Exchange:

Baltimore’s top elected official vowed to reinstate a curfew last month after a 14-year-old and 16-year-old were shot and injured — allegedly by a teen wielding an untraceable gun made from a kit — while police were dispersing a crowd of 200 youth.

“I want everyone to hear me and hear me clearly,” Mayor Brandon Scott said during a press conference regarding youth-on-youth gun violence, amid what, he added, was the city’s overall drop in gun and other violent crimes. “We are going back to the old days. We will be enforcing a youth curfew as we move into the latter spring and summer months.”

Anyone 14 years and younger must be off the streets by 9 p.m. nightly as Baltimore resurrects a youth curfew it last imposed in 2014. Continue reading >>>