Examples of curfew

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Tracking, curfews, electronic monitoring and weekend restrictions were suggested for use with new supervision and restriction orders.
Policy responds with anti-social behaviour orders and child curfews to control and punish children, and with parenting orders and parenting classes as sanctions for adults.
The pass laws, curfews, forced removals, low wages, poor living conditions and limited education have long-term effects.
By the late eighteenth century, gates generally remained open and curfews were abandoned.
Physical obstructions, concrete blocks, trenches, and pits make internal movement difficult, as do frequent curfews and closures.
Graduated driver-licensing systems and nighttime curfews reduce young driver crashes.
A sharp distinction was made between these crimes and property crimes which could be subject to a community focused punishment, involving a mixture of community service, probation, and curfews.
Under parole, officers could roam no further than one mile from their parole town, had to observe morning and evening curfews, and keep regular contact with the local parole agent.
Most cities had curfews, and nocturnal activity was frowned on - given the widespread fear of darkness, and later of crime, most people did not want to be out anyway.
He especially disliked the fact that she went out after the curfew to carry out her activities and meet with other activists.
While the protest continued in the capital, the curfew and militarisation brought about a restoration of calm in the cities of the interior.
There would be no need for curfew as all the dissidents were arrested at less than the first second of the coup.
An after-dusk curfew was imposed, and people wishing to travel or change domicile had to obtain special permits from the appropriate authorities.
The army was called in, and the walled city was placed under curfew.
The various groups had to face long periods of curfew, and, at least apparently, a paralysis of everyday life.
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