Abstract
In this article, I examined the societal views in Japan on the juvenile law and its problems that existed before the Kobe Children Murders through 『Tōkyō satsujin boshoku』 and 『Kreutzer Sonata』, which were written in the early 1990's. In the late 1980's, problems with the juvenile law started emerging because the perpetrators knew they would be protected from severe punishment despite committing brutal crimes. These problems caused the fathers of the victims in both books to seek revenge so that justice could be served. Both novels suggest the causes of juvenile crime arise from urban development and family problems. This is quite different from current views on the cause of juvenile crime, which puts the sole blame on the perpetrators. These novels give us a glimpse of the societal views held back then and teach us an important lesson. Although the two novels depict people seeking revenge due to the limitations of the juvenile law, the stories remind readers that we should never lose faith in society.
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