IntroductionThis article will attempt to analyze the relationship between young people and the reasons for their involvement in car thefts and high speed chases with the police. These chases are usually preceded by the theft of a motor vehicle and the motivations for involvement vary significantly from offender to offender. The possible structural causes of such crime will be explored firstly focusing primarily on the cultural and regional aspects of environments with greater susceptibility, followed by an exploration of the crime from an Edgework perspective where it will be discussed that carjacking and car theft they are rewarding in a way. physical and mental sense of the offender. Interesting but not surprising is the male-dominated nature of this crime which will later be explored. Interviews and quotes from the offenders themselves from multiple sources were included to offer a more direct and personal insight into their internal thought processes regarding the persistent nature of this criminological phenomenon. Structural Explanations First, it is important to note that although criminological theories regarding offender environments have existed for centuries, car theft is a much more modern type of crime. The accelerated expansion of cities and communities in this period to what we see today has largely influenced the cultural dynamics within them. This collapse of the concept of an intimate sense of community has invariably led to a lack of intimate bonds between families. It has often been thought that modern crime arose from these ashes in areas where there is social disorganization that ultimately leads to individual disorganization. [10] In this context, crime is a structured choice to… middle of paper… escape. ConclusionOf course, the sociological and individual contexts in which carjackings and high-speed chases occur will vary significantly depending on the individual. However, the overlying themes present in the various offender justifications analyzed in this paper predominantly support the concept of Edgework and, to a lesser extent, Strain Theory, as an explanation for this crime. Car theft is committed for a variety of reasons ranging from monetary gain, out of necessity influenced by structural and environmental factors, to displays of nonconformity and individuality, to hedonistic and primitive displays of masculinity. These latter reasons are generally mutually exclusive compared to the ones mentioned above and are of greater concern in society as they are not easily resolvable, except through a paradigm shift in the causal conventional values ​​that our society promotes..