Knecht T
Aus der Psychiatrischen Klinik des Kantons Thurgau.
Arch Kriminol. 1996 Sep-Oct;198(3-4):110-6.
Joy riding is the technical term for a specific behavioral pattern consisting of stealing a car without money-making purposes but in order to take it for fast and exciting rides, partially in combination with alcohol or drug consumption. In several cases this behavior can show addiction-like traits. American studies from earlier decades have shown that Joy riding seems to be a typical teenage offense committed by youths stemming from orderly social backgrounds, showing basically prosocial attitudes and seldom ending up in criminal careers. However, the present study provides evidence that Joy riding can also be part of an antisocial lifestyle. The characteristics of the joy riders examined in this trial differed just gradually from the control group of juvenile delinquents. It remains open a question, whether the differences found between our sample and American joy riders are due to sociocultural factors or rather are a consequence of different selection modes.
偷车兜风是一个特定行为模式的专业术语，该行为模式是指偷车并非以赚钱为目的，而是为了进行快速且刺激的兜风，部分情况还会与饮酒或吸毒相结合。在一些案例中，这种行为会表现出类似成瘾的特征。几十年前的美国研究表明，偷车兜风似乎是一种典型的青少年犯罪，犯罪的青少年来自有序的社会背景，基本表现出亲社会态度，很少最终走上犯罪生涯。然而，本研究提供了证据表明偷车兜风也可能是反社会生活方式的一部分。在本次试验中接受检查的偷车兜风者的特征与青少年犯罪对照组仅存在细微差异。我们的样本与美国偷车兜风者之间发现的差异是由于社会文化因素，还是不同选择模式的结果，这仍是一个悬而未决的问题。
