Juvenile crime has been a topic of great debate dating back to the 19th century. Laws have continually been written to fit what society believes is the best way to handle young people in conflict with the law. What people sometimes fail to see is the real cause of the delinquent actions these teenagers commit these crimes. The goal of this essay is to connect the story of two Ottawa Valley teenagers in conflict with the law to several sociological theories. I will first give a brief summary of the article and then connect it to theories such as cultural conflict, control theory, strain theory and labeling theory. The article under discussion concerns two Ottawa Valley teenagers who stole three different cars while being chased by police and then finally arrested. There was a young sixteen year old male accompanied by a thirteen year old female. The chase began in the Ottawa Valley and ended near the Maine border on the U.S. side. police first started the chase in Ontario and then found the first stolen car abandoned in Sherbrok, Quebec. Lead police later said the two teenagers stole a second vehicle and attempted to enter the United States through Coburn Gore Maine. A “wild chase” then began and the police fired at the stolen vehicle. According to police, the pruisute would have reached 160 kilometers per hour or more. The Border Patrol said it chased the boys and the impounded car along Route 27. During the chase the Border Patrol vehicle collided with the stolen vehicle in Stratton, Maine. Despite the collision, the car continued as shots were fired towards Kingsfield, Maine. The second car was then abandoned on Depot Street in Kingsfield. The two teenagers then ran and found a pickup truck to continue...... middle of paper......because of these goals of travel, driving, and independence they decided to steal cars and cross the border. Therefore, harking back to Merton's definition of an innovator who creates his own means to achieve social goals, another theory closely related to Ottawa Valley adolescents is social control. This theory focuses on the fact that individuals will become delinquent if they are not controlled. There are two types of control theories closely related to this article: containment and social bonding. According to this theory there are four causes of offensive behavior. Which are the social environment, i.e. education or status in society. Next are the internal factors, then your genetic makeup, that cause you to have certain personality traits. These factors can push and drag young people into delinquent behavior. Working against these pushes and pulls is a controlling factor