Résumé
"This exploratory research project examines young people’s participation in motor vehicle theft within Canada. It draws on interviews conducted with young offenders as part of the “National Study of Young Offender Involvement in Motor Vehicle Theft’ which is part of ‘The Automobile of the 21sl Century’ (or AUT021) national research initiative. Young people in Eastern Ontario were interviewed about their experiences with motor vehicle theft and their motivations for participating in this criminal activity. Interviews with young auto thieves revealed different patterns of auto theft between young men and women and different practices of femininity and masculinity. Despite having both participated in the same crime (auto theft), it was found that young men’s masculine identities formed in relation to hegemonic masculinity while young women’s feminine identities formed in dialogue with hegemonic femininity."--Page ii.