Protective Educative Treatment under Japanese Juvenile Law

In Japan the Juvenile Law was enacted in 1922, which was revised in 1948 under the influence of democratization after the finish of World War II.Under the current Juvenile Law of 1948 the protective and educative treatment has been promoted by practitioners working at agencies of juvenile justice, who respect the welfare and rehabilitation model.John Winterdyk evaluates Japanese treatment for juvenile delinquents under the welfare and rehabilitation model.In addition he regards it as that after example of the participatory model, because many volunteers participate in activities to prevent juvenile delinquency and to give protection and education to juvenile delinquents.In this paper the author will analyze how the protective and educative treatment has developed from the historical viewpoint.