Differences between delinquency in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. are reviewed, Soviet delinquency prevention provisions are described, and a threefold approach of treatment for delinquency used both in the U.S. and U.S.S.R. is explained. It is noted that in the Soviet Union there is a much greater emphasis on the medical model as an approach to the problem of delinquency than is presently found in the U.S., but that many methods found to work well with delinquents in the Soviet Union also work well in the U.S. (SBH)