number of juvenile arrests for murder alone will increase nearly 150 percent (Crowell 4).
Such statistics caused the public to be both outraged and afraid, and officials responded with curfew ordinances, justifying these decisions on the basis of protecting juveniles from crime and violence, regulating criminal gang activities, and assisting parents in controlling their children during curfew hours. A report as of spring 1995 says that 146 of the largest 200 cities, all with minimum populations of 100,000, had enacted juvenile curfews, and that it is estimated that more than 1,000 jurisdictions nationwide have adopted or revised curfews in the past five years, 95 of them among the 200 largest cities: "Consequently, curfews are being cited as one of the fastest growing areas of law enforcement. Curfews are both politically powerful and divisive tools for local crime control. Although no national public opinion poll focusing on curfews has been undertaken, a number of local governments have conducted surveys revealing support for such initiatives" (Crowell 5).
A survey in 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio found that 92 percent of its citizens supported the city's curfew, with 72 percent of citizens responding that they felt s
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