1984 Volume 9 Pages 68-79
A dacade has passed after the foundation of Sociological Criminology Society of Japan, and this fact has made me reconcider my tracks in there ten years. I have been enlightened very much by many research studies about juvenile delinquency which have been published recently, being stimulated by the third drastic increase of their number after World War II. On the other hand, I am penitent for my idleness because I have been an only nominal member of Sociological Criminology Society and have made no prominent research study as a correctional treatment specialist of juvenile delinquency. Above all, I think that the following two problems should have been tackled and positively studied by specialists of institutional treatment in cooperation with officials of other organizations concerned : (1) characteristics and problems of the institutional custody-relationships between custody and education, (2) raison d'etre of juvenile training schools - their relationships with other organizations of juvenile education. I would like to make some comments about my distress and struggle which I have met within my routine job, expecting to learn from your comments and advice.
