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From the Voice of San Diego, we have further indications that youth curfews may do little to deter juvenile crime. The online investigative outlet did a thorough analysis of San Diego’s lauded curfew sweeps, which city leaders claim have helped bring down crime citywide. They found neighborhoods “without the sweeps have reported greater drops in crime in the last five years than those with them.” Furthermore, while “police across the state have moved away from curfew enforcement, they’ve reported equal or greater drops in crime compared to San Diego.”
