Colin Miller

In an effort to reduce juvenile crime, authorities in many cities have utilized curfew laws, making it illegal for minors to be outside their homes or school during designated hours. Opponents claim that curfew laws are unconstitutional and a waste of police time and taxpayers’ money. Colin Miller makes this argument in the following viewpoint, suggesting that alternatives such as after-school programs may be more effective than curfews at deterring crime. Miller is a columnist for the Cavalier Daily, an independent daily newspaper at the University of Virginia.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What does Miller claim are three problems with curfew laws?
2. What does Miller consider the greatest cost of a curfew?
3. What, according to the author, does the Fairfax County solution reveal as two essential ingredients...