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The author of this editorial argues that in order to reduce its rising crime rate the city of
Dalton should establish a 10:00 curfew for minors under age 18. The author also claims that
the curfew would control juvenile delinquency as well as preventing minors from becoming
crime victims. To support these claims the author points out that WiUiamsville established a
similar curfew four months ago, and that since then WiUiamsville's youth crime rate has
dropped by 27% during curfew hours. The author also points out that in Williamsville's town
square no crimes have been reported in the last four months, yet Williamsville residents had
previously expressed particular outrage about the square's high crime rate. I find the editorial
logically unconvincing in several respects.
To begin with, the author has failed to convinceme that Williamsville's overall crime rate has
declined, or that the curfew was responsible for any such decline. It is entirely possible that
although that city's youth crime rate has declined, its adult crime rate has risen. If so, this fact
would seriously call into question the author's claim that a similar curfew would reduce Dalton's
overall crime rate. Even if Williamsville's overall crime rate has declined in the last four months,
the decline is not necessarily attributable to the curfew. Perhaps WilliamsviUe has also
enhanced its police enforcement, or established social programs that help minors avoid
delinquency. In short, without evidence that all other conditions that might affect Williamsville's
crime rate have remained unchanged during the last four months, the author's claim that the
curfew is responsible for the drop in that city's crime rate is dubious at best.
Moreover, the evidence involving the town square does not adequately show that
Williamsville's curfew has been effective in reducing its crime rate. The number of crimes
reported in the square does not necessarily reflect the number actually committed there.
Also, it is entirely possible that Williamsville's residents had already abandoned the town
square at night by the time WilliamsviUe established the curfew. If so, then the mere fact that
no crimes in the square have been committed or reported recently proves nothing about the
effectiveness of the curfew.
Even if Williamsville's curfew was responsible for a decline in that city's overall crime rate,
the editorial's claim that a similar curfew would be effective in Dalton is unwarranted. Dalton
might differ from Williamsville in ways that would undermine the curfew's effectiveness in
Dalton. Or perhaps the percentage of crimes that are committed by adults is far greater in
Dalton that in W'filiamsville. In either case, a curfew that is effective in reducing WilliamsviUe's
overall crime rate might be far less effective in reducing Dalton's.
Even assuming the proposed curfew would reduce Dalton's overall crime rate, the author
unfairly infers that the curfew would also curb juvenile delinquency. The author's definition of
juvenile delinquency might embrace additional behaviors--ones that don't amount to crimes.
Besides, a reduction in the overall crime rate does not necessarily indicate a reduction in the
youth crime rate.
The author's further inference that the curfew would protect minors from becoming crime
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victims is also unwarranted. This inference depends on the assumption that all crimes against
youths occur during curfew hours. Yet common sense informs me that many such crimes
occur during other hours. The inference also rests on the assumption that it is adults who are
committing all crimes against youths. Yet the author fails to account for the possibility that
some crimes against youths are committed by other youths.
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