CURFEW AS A TOOL OF ELIMINATING CRIMES AMID OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING

INTRODUCTION

Minor curfews are local ordinances proscribing minors, generally within a

specified age range, from occupying public areas and streets during particular times. It
is enacted by a local or state government that restricts certain people from being in
public places at specified times of the day. Many cities and towns have a curfew law in
place to prevent teenagers from being out at certain times, typically spanning the late
hours of the night or school hours during the day. Any teenager caught out after curfew
can face a fine or even jail time, depending upon the specific laws of the town.

Youth crime is a major and growing problem, often involving both drugs and
violence. Imposing youth curfews can help to solve these problems, as they keep young
people off the street, and therefore out of trouble, and prevent them from congregating
in the hours of darkness.

The use of curfews on minors can help to protect vulnerable children for not all
parents are responsible and inevitably their children suffer, both from crime and in
accidents, and amid of COVID-19 community quarantine, and are likely to fall into bad
habits. Society should ensure that such neglected children are returned home safely
and that their parents are made to face up to their families.

Too Little empirical research has been done on the cost-effectiveness of curfew
enforcement, so this remains an area where further research would be useful.
Hence, it also expected that there are weaknesses and problems in the
implementation of curfew on minors in Barangay Masigla, Puerto Princesa City.
This study was carried out in Barangay Masigla, Puerto Princesa City to assess
the implementation of curfew on minors and provide recommendations in order to
address and improve these weaknesses and problems.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The main purpose of the study was to assess the operation of curfew on minors in
Barangay Masigla, Puerto Princesa City. Specifically, it sought answers to the
following:
1) What is the level of attainment of the objectives of curfew on minors in amid
of covid-19 community quarantine in Barangay Masigla Puerto Princesa City?
 2) Are there significant differences on the level of attainment of the objectives of
curfew on minors as perceived by the respondents?
3) What is the level of implementation of curfew on Barangay Masigla, Puerto
Princesa City?
4) Are there significant differences on the level of implementation of curfew on
minors as perceived by the respondents amid of covid-19 pandemic?
5) What is the degree of seriousness of problems encountered in the
implementation of curfew hours on Barangay Masigla, Puerto Princesa City?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This result of the study will benefit the police officers, barangay officials, Barangay
Masigla Puerto Princesa City, future researchers and the researcher himself.

For the Police officers, the result of the study will help them to upgrade and
enhance its capabilities of implementing the PNP Strategic Action Plan in Barangay
Masigla, Puerto Princesa city.
For the Barangay Masigla Puerto Princesa city, the result of the study will be
one of the sources for making this town a better place.
For the respondents, the outcome of the study would serve as tools that will
assist them to improve their current techniques through the provision of significant data
imparted by the study.
For the future researchers, the result of this study would help future
researchers who would like to conduct a similar study.
Finally, on the part of the researcher, during and after the phase of the study,
the researcher who is currently Criminology students will also be benefitted. He would
gain essential knowledge about research and the implementation of curfew on minors
which is very relevant in his job.