... in Japan. Such acts of violence are seen as an extreme manifestation of a general decline in the moral values of young people and are placed on the same level as other breaches of rules forced upon children by grown-ups such as truancy (futoko), bullying (ijime) and "dating for compensation" (enjo kosai). "Rage" and "brutalisation" have become the new buzzwords to characterise students' behaviour. In countless debates, educational experts lament the disintegration of classroom discipline, teachers losing authority and the relationships between teachers and students becoming more distant. Experts claim that schoolchildren no longer obey, defy school rules and are careless (Anon, 1998). This perception has resulted in a wide consensus in Japanese sociological and pedagogic literature. When analysed more closely it becomes apparent that only a small number of recurring characteristics and explanations are applied to all forms of deviant behaviour. This serves to underline the fact that that ...

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