THE DIFFERENCE IN RATE IN INDUSTRIALIZATION BETWEEN COUNRTIRES IS SUMMARIZED. THE SPEED WITH WHICH CERTAIN COUNTRIES SUCH AS HUNGARY AND POLAND, HAVE BECOME INDUSTRIALIZED IS DUE TO THE CHANGES IN PLANNED ECONOMIES WHICH WERE INTRODUCED IN THE EASTERN EUROPEAN STATES AFTER WORLD WAR II. THE INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETY IS CHARACTERIZED BY MASS PRODUCTION. SUCH MASS PRODUCTION, WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CENTRALIZED TO AREAS WHICH ARE ECONOMICALLY SUITABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION IN QUESTION, WILL RESULT IN MANY SOCIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT CHANGES. NOT ONLY WILL THE TYPES OF CRIME CHANGE IN IMPORTANCE, BUT NEW CRIMES WILL BE CREATED AS A RESULT OF NEW TYPES OF LEGISLATION. THE SOLUTION TO THE 'DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH' PROBLEM IS SEEN IN SOCIALISM; TRYING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEGISLATION, AS THE WESTERN WORLD HAS ATTEMPTED, GIVES RISE TO NEW CRIMES, SUCH AS TAX EVASION AND CONSUMER FRAUD, AMONG OTHERS. MORE SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH IS INDICATED TO ANSWER SUCH QUESTIONS AS: (1) HAVE THE CHANGES IN THE CRIME PICTURE BEEN THE SAME IN THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES AS IN SCANDINAVIA?; (2) DO THE CHANGES TAKE PLACE REGARDLESS OF TYPE OF POLITICAL STRUCTURE?; OR (3) DOES THE DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRIALIZATION RESULT IN THE SAME OR SIMILAR CRIME PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE? -- IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN.