Talk:Carjacking

Carjacking different from car theft
This article could use some recent figures. The USA section doesn't have anything in the last decade. [Anon18:07, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Carjacking different from car theft
Carjacking is different from car theft; I modified the article a bit to try to make this clearer. Information about ignition keys was mostly irrelevant to carjacking (since the key is in the car when a car is carjacked), so I cut it-- people interested in car theft per se can go to the car theft page, which is linked.

Also added a few links. Geoffrey.landis 18:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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Prison Escapees
Anyone with knowledge of the subject knows that prison fugitives, typically on the day of their escape, highly favor carjacking as a means to evade recapture. That might me worth mentioning in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.207.128.125 (talk) 14:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Carjacking in Louisiana
Try that in this US state, The law there reads that if the intended victim thinks someone will do that to him/her, he/she can kill the perceived carjacker and the DA is forbidden from bringing charges against the victim of the carjacking attempt. Powerzilla (talk) 22:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I find this highly unlikely. In lieu of a reliable source both for the law and the interpretation, I have removed this from the article.  I doubt that any state in the US makes provision for one citizen to kill another because he thinks something might happen and simultaneously grant legal immunity for said killing. &mdash; Lomn 14:57, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Check the Louisiana govt. website. I used to live in that state. Powerzilla (talk) 19:34, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Show the source. No source, no article inclusion. &mdash; Lomn 20:03, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * http://www.law.wustl.edu/journal/55/109.pdf Got one now. Will place it. Powerzilla (talk) 20:55, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Source also mentions that someone was shot and killed for carjacking, and it was ruled justifiable by the LA courts under that law. Powerzilla (talk) 22:04, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Carjacking in Sweden part.
Even though Carjacking is something that happends in Sweden just as in all other countries it is not a very common crime (in Sweden) and there is absolutely no correlation between recent Somalian immigration and carjackings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.191.245.141 (talk) 00:43, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Title is not capitalized
I don't have the authority to change it, or maybe it's that way for a reason and I don't know why. But this needs to be changed.

Sorry for my ignorance if there is good reason. Derpy725 (talk) 16:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Fixed Derpy725 (talk) 23:36, 17 January 2024 (UTC)