Abstract
Curfew ordinances are widely praised, but little researched, enforcement mechanism that local police departments can use to combat juvenile delinquency. The study used a descriptive method which describes the current level implementation of the curfew hours on selected barangays in Cabanatuan City. There is a total of 150 respondents that majority of them were the youths/juveniles age ranges from 11 to 17 of different barangays in Cabanatuan City. As to the Level of Implementation of Curfew Ordinance it is the consistency which is missing which happened to be one of the most essential thing in the process of implementation. As to the perception of the youths to the programs given by the barangay officials to those who violate the said curfew ordinance, as to the data gathered by the researcher, the programs given or offered doesn’t even work as a deterrence for the youths aren’t afraid of the potential pain they will be incurring because the barangay officials do not give sanctions to the apprehended violators
Highlights
Curfew ordinances are widely praised, but little researched, enforcement mechanism that local police departments can use to combat juvenile delinquency.Ekid (2010) explained that Civilian and local law enforcers ' efforts for peacebuilding culminated in a downturn in abuses of urban ordinance such as violations of curfew.Lersch and Sellers (2000) further explained that curfew violators confess to committing both mild and severe delinquency than noncurfew violators, as well as status violations.Mohammend and Caingat (2017) concluded that teenage boys usually defied the curfew law due to late night alcohol drinking sessions
The researcher wanted to know the level of implementation of curfew ordinances and the perception of the respondents to the programs conducted by their respective barangay to the violators of the curfew oridnances
1 I, personally, think that the programs given by your barangay has positive impact upon those 2.87 Sometimes who violates the curfew ordinance
Summary
Curfew ordinances are widely praised, but little researched, enforcement mechanism that local police departments can use to combat juvenile delinquency.Ekid (2010) explained that Civilian and local law enforcers ' efforts for peacebuilding culminated in a downturn in abuses of urban ordinance such as violations of curfew.Lersch and Sellers (2000) further explained that curfew violators confess to committing both mild and severe delinquency than noncurfew violators, as well as status violations.Mohammend and Caingat (2017) concluded that teenage boys usually defied the curfew law due to late night alcohol drinking sessions. Kline (2010) concluded that the arrest data suggest that being exposed to a curfew reduces the number of violence and property crimes perpetrated by teenagers below the curfew level by about 10 percent in the year after the enactment, with the impact of violent crimes significantly intensifying in subsequent years. Due to these insights, the researcher wanted to know the level of implementation of curfew ordinances and the perception of the respondents to the programs conducted by their respective barangay to the violators of the curfew oridnances
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