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Reports that car theft is decreasing in Newark. In the last nine months the car-theft rate dropped 14 percent compared with the same period last year. There have been hundreds of arrests and word is getting out that law enforcement officials are taking a much harder line than before.

Discusses the reaction in Newark to the fatal shooting by police officers of two youths riding in a stolen car. There is anger and outrage. Stealing cars and challenging authority while doing it is merely part of growing up, and no one should be shot and killed for that.

Presents the second of three articles on stealing cars. Throughout Newark's impoverished neighborhoods, there are scores of black, jobless and poor boys and girls who have helped make Newark the nation's top city for car thefts. With no role models and little to do, it is hard for the youngsters to resist the allure.

Presents the first of three articles on stealing cars. Says that car theft in Newark and neighboring cities has reached epidemic proportions in recent years. Even 9-year-old thieves can penetrate any barrier and be behind the wheel in a matter of seconds. Every 24 hours, 40 automobiles disappear. The price; Statistics; The perpetrators; The victims.