Proposed juvenile curfew ordinance in Fayetteville, North Carolina

September 2023, Police Chief Kemberle Braden proposed that the Fayetteville City enact a juvenile curfew ordinance. He noted added that there had been at least 450 involved in crimes between January and June, including two juveniles charged with murder and eight charged with attempted murder. The ordinance prohibits youth under 16 years of age from being out of their houses between 11:00pm and 6:00amSixteen and 17-year-olds are prohibited from being out of their homes between 12:00am and 5:00am on weekdays, and 1:00am and 5:00am on weekends. In addition to these hours, youths who have been suspended from school would be prohibited from leaving their houses between 7:30am and 4:30pm on school days. Children who violate the curfew could face a juvenile delinquency hearing in courtThe parents or guardians of children who violate the curfew could be charged with a misdemeanor and fined $100 The proposed ordinance included some exceptions to this rule. Juveniles could be outside the home or in public places during these hours if they are with a parent or guardian Another exception is for youths on their way to and from a jobA final exception is for emergencies. In addition, the provision granted authority to the Chief of Police to issue a special permit" to allows a juvenile to violate the curfew. Chief Braden was very explicit about the goal of the juvenile curfew. The goal is to reduce juvenile crime rates, particularly gun violence. His justification for this action was based on his presentation of juvenile arrests in 2023, which he claimed were on a steady incline. You have been tasked with the job to gather credible research on juvenile curfews, evaluate whether the proposed curfew is a good policy based on Bonham's (2012) seven criteria, and make a recommendation to the City Council as to what they should do. You have been given the above information, so you will not be required to cite this information in your paper. Paper Assignment #1: Policy Description (Due before 12:00pm noon on February 2024-100 points ) The primary purpose of this first assignment is to find five peer-reviewed journal articles evaluating juvenile curfews and put them into a reference list in APA Style. 1) The Paper You must submit a one-page paper (Times New Roman, 12pt font , double-spaced) using the information I provided above to describe the juvenile curfew ordinance for the city by the Fayetteville Police Chief. This information does not need to be cited because I am providing it for you (see above). The following are the points that you must cover: -Describe the policy -Describe the stated reasons for implementing the policy -Describe the problem that the policy is supposedly designed to address. -Describe the stated goal of the policy -Speculate on what criminological theory you believe this policy is based. Except for the last item, I have provided all this information for you, but you must put it into your own words . Do not attempt to evaluate the policy, make any recommendations , or offer any opinions as to whether it is a good policy. Do not discuss the information in your articles. All that comes later. At this point, you only want to describe the policy. Your description of the policy should be written as if you are informing a reader who has never heard about the policy. Do not assume that the reader knows anything about crime , justice, Fayetteville, or juvenile delinquency. Upload your paper as a stand-alone WORD document into the Assignment in Canvas. Do not share a document from another drive or platform. Do not upload the paper in a pdf or html format Unless you add information from your articles to this paper, there is no need to cite any sources within the text of your paper . 2) Upload Five Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles You must find five peer- reviewed journal articles evaluating juvenile curfews. More information about what is required is discussed below. You must upload a pdf of each of the articles into the assignment. Upload each article separately into the assignment in a pdf format. Do not upload a link to the article. Do not upload it as an html. Do not embed a link to the article in the Paper. All your articles must be published peer-reviewed in scholarly journals. The journal must clearly state on its website that it is a peer-review journal. Do not use newspaper stories, magazine articles, trade journals, internet sites, or other sources which have not undergone the rigorous peer-review process and been published in a scholarly journal . You can have one article from a law journal or law review. As a rule of thumb, if the journal has "Law" in its title, it is probably a law journal or law review. 3) Reference List The paper must include a reference list in APA style with five peer-reviewed journal articles on juvenile curfew ordinances. The reference list must be in Times New Roman, 12pt font as well. However, it is single-spaced, with a double-space between each article. Be sure to following the APA guidelines I provided for in-text citations and the reference list in the document, "How to Create an APA Reference List and put Citations in your Paper All your articles must have been published in the 2000s (2000-2024). If you have any doubt as to whether your article is appropriate for the paper, email me a pdf of the article and ask me to check it for you before the assignment is due. Peer-review journals will identify themselves as such on their website. If you would also like me to look at your citation, send it to me in a WORD document. Make sure to send me the pdfs to each of the five peer-reviewed journal articles.