Contents -- Introduction -- Juvenile Delinquency in Japan-Reconsidering the "Crisis" -- The "Japanese Triangle" for Preventing Adolescent Delinquency-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Family-School Adolescent Relationship from a Comparative Perspective -- Youth in Crisis: Public Perceptions and Discourse on Deviance and Juvenile Problem Behavior in Japan -- Changes in Values and Life Orientation among Japanese Youth -- Changes in School Environment and Deviancy-A Survey Analysis and an Intervention Program for Schools -- Repression of Deviancy as a Reason for New Deviancy -- Inequality in Family Background as a Reason for Juvenile Delinquency -- Youth Deviant Behaviour, Conflict, and Later Consequences: Comparison of Working and Middle Class Communities in Japan -- The Reform of the Japanese Education System as an Answer to Delinquency -- The Debate about the Reform of the Juvenile Law in Japan -- Counseling Systems as a Means of Preventing Delinquency -- The Revival of Local Networks for Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency -- The Juvenile Training Schools of Japan-Teaching Young Serious Offenders How to Live and "How to Be" -- Problem Behavior and Social Control in Japan's Junior High Schools -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.