AS PART OF AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF CRIME AND JUSTICE RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, THE SUBCOMMITTEE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF HEARINGS ON RESEARCH INTO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. TESTIMONY BY CRIMINOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND OTHER EXPERT WITNESSES FOCUSES ON THE PRACTICAL NEED TO CONCENTRATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM RESOURCES ON THE RECIDIVIST VIOLENT CRIMINAL, THE NEED FOR MORE RESEARCH, THE GENERAL STATUS OF RESEARCH INTO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, PREDICTION OF DANGEROUS AND REPEAT OFFENDERS, AND THE EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM ON THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE. SEXUAL ASSAULT TOPICS INCLUDE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR RAPISTS, VICTIMOLOGY, CRISIS INTERVENTION FOR RAPE VICTIMS, CHILD MOLESTERS, AND DIAGNOSTIC MEASUREMENTS CURRENTLY IN USE FOR DIFFERENTIATING THE RAPIST FROM THE NONRAPIST FROM A PHYSIOLOGIC STANDPOINT. REFERENCES, APPENDIXES, AND SOME STATISTICAL TABULAR DATA PROVIDED. (LWM)