Retrospective analysis of the system of socio-pedagogical prevention of criminal behavior of minors in Japan

A retrospective analysis of the problem of prevention of criminal behavior of minors in Japan has been carried out. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that in many countries of the world and in Russia, in particular, the criminal behavior of minors remains a serious problem. The choice of Japan for the study is due, firstly, to its proximity to Russia in terms of combining the features of the “eastern” and “western” culture within the country, and secondly, the status of Japan as a state with one of the lowest juvenile crime rates in the world. On this basis, the experience of organizing the prevention of criminal behavior of minors in Japan is valuable and in demand for the domestic crime prevention system. The research uses the following methods: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analogy, generalization. Japanese society has always been built on a special sense of collectivism, a strict hierarchy of relationships (including within the family), unquestioning subordination of “younger” to “older”, which had a deterrent preventive effect on adolescents, “protecting” them from committing criminal acts. Based on the results of the retrospective analysis, conclusions are drawn about the causes and main trends of juvenile delinquency in Japan at various stages of the formation of this state, as well as about the features of the development of the system of prevention of this negative social phenomenon, which can be useful for improving the activities of subjects of juvenile delinquency prevention in modern Russia.