Purpose: To persuade against the idea of having curfew laws.
             Thesis: My main points of the speech are to show that curfew laws are too expensive to keep, are unconstitutional and should be dealt with by parents, and don't show a correlation with teenage violence.
             Introduction: A. Imagine yourself as a teen driving home after curfew, all of sudden your pulled over by the police and either arrested or ticketed for curfew violations. Then you think to yourself, I wasn't doing anything wrong. This has become an increasing problem in America today.
             1. This topic is relevant to everyone in this class because most of us are still teenagers and still understand how ridiculous it was to have to deal with curfew laws a couple of years ago.
             2. I have researched this topic extensively and have evaluated my scholarly source to determine that these laws should be reconsidered.
             3. I will talk about these 3 main points in chronological order starting with these curfew laws are very expensive and they eat up taxpayer's money, that this law is unconstitutional and should be left up to the parents, and having this law does not decrease teenage crime.
             Transition: Which brings me to my first point.
             Body: A. The first reason I'm against the curfew laws is that it is expensive and it is paid for by the tax payers.
             1. In a survey done by the America Civil Liberties Union states that of the cities surveyed, half of the cities said they've increased costs to enforce curfews
             2. In Parental Responsibility and Curfew Laws, it shows that in Chandler, Arizona, they've cited more paperwork, court appearances, and time spent by officers in dealing with youth curfew that they've had to hire more officers and purchase more cars which all turns into tax payers money (Welz, 2000).
             3. According to the American Civil Liberties in San Jose, California officials said curfew enforcement hiked police payroll by near...