THE 25 SELECTIONS TRANSLATED OR SUMMARIZED IN THIS VOLUME WERE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN BRAZIL, CANADA, DENMARK, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, VENEZUELA, AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. THE FIRST SELECTIONS ARE DEVOTED TO TERRORISM AND DISCUSS (1) TERRORISM IN WEST GERMANY FROM THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES, (2) THE ORIGINS OF URBAN GUERILLAS IN WEST GERMANY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT'S REACTION TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES, (3) THE LAW AS A WEAPON AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM, (4) POLITICAL CRIME IN SPAIN AND HOW THE LAW AND THE COURTS TREAT IT, AND (5) HOSTAGE TAKING AND POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES. REPORTS ON VARIOUS CRIME-PREVENTION APPROACHES FOLLOW, WITH ATTENTION TO (1) WEST GERMANY'S COORDINATED USE OF HELICOPTERS AND CONVENTIONAL GROUND PATROLS, (2) NEW SECURITY MEASURES INSTITUTED IN RESPONSE TO THE GROWING THREAT TO FRENCH BANKS, (3) THE EFFORTS OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS IN WEST GERMANY, (4) THE ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION UNIT OF THE PARIS (FRANCE) POLICE, AND (5) THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECURITY OFFICER IN PREVENTING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN FRANCE. AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF THE PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATOR IN WEST GERMANY INTRODUCES CORRECTIONS-RELATED MATERIALS, WHICH INCLUDE (1) EXAMINATIONS OF SWISS PROCEDURES FOR SEMILIBERTY AND SEMIDETENTION, (2) PENITENTIARY FURLOUGHS IN DENMARK, (3) COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS IN ITALY, (4) PROBLEMS IN MAKING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AN INTEGRAL PART OF CANADIAN PROBATION AND PAROLE PROGRAMS, AND (5) THE NATURE AND EFFECT OF BRAZIL'S BANISHMENT LAWS. FINALLY, FOLLOWING ARTICLES ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE JAPANESE POLICE SYSTEM, THE FRENCH NATIONAL AND MUNICIPAL POLICE, AND THE WEST GERMAN FEDERAL CRIMINAL POLICE BUREAU, OTHER TOPICS ARE BROACHED, INCLUDING (1) THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE POLICE PROFESSION IN WEST GERMANY, (2) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ECONOMY AND DOMESTIC SECURITY, (3) FACTORS INFLUENCING POLICE INVESTIGATIONS OF SPECIFIC CRIMES (I.E., LARCENY, FRAUD, AND EMBEZZLEMENT), (4) THE REFORM OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN VENEZUELA, (5) OFFENSE CLASSIFICATION AND RATING AND ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS, AND (6) THE RESEARCH FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES OF A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING DOCUMENTATION ON JURISPRUDENCE, LEGISLATION, AND LEGAL DOCTRINE IN ITALY. SEE ALSO NCJ 20417, 20447, 20550, 32653, 34725, 35225, 36064, 36668, 36833, 37254, 38001, 38313, 38994, 39322, 39432, 39497, 41891, 41989, 41991, 42474, 42805, 43729, 43886, 44110, 44282, 45356.