Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Park at Your Own Risk -- CHAPTER 1. "Stop, Thief!" -- CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Delinquents, Hardened Criminals, and Some Ineffectual Technological Solutions (1941-1980) -- CHAPTER 3. From the Personal Garage to the Surveillance Society -- CHAPTER 4. Car Theft in the Electronic and Digital Age (1970s-Present) -- CHAPTER 5. Mexico, the United States, and International Auto Theft -- CHAPTER 6. The Recent Past -- CONCLUSION: Stealing the American Dream -- Appendix. Tables Summarizing Various U.S. Automobile Theft Crime Reports and Surveys, 1924-2010 -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.