THE EVOLUTION OF ANY SCIENCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (GDR) MUST BE CONSIDERED A QUEST FOR EFFECTIVE METHODS TO SUSTAIN THE CLASS STRUGGLE AND INCREASE THE POWER OF THE WORKING CLASS. THE HISTORY OF CRIMINAL SCIENCE HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF IN THREE STAGES. IN THE FIRST PERIOD, BETWEEN THE DEMOLITION OF THE FASCIST REGIME AND THE FOUNDING OF THE GDR (1945-49), THE SOVIET MILITARY ADMINISTRATION HELPED TO ESTABLISH A NEW PENAL SYSTEM; AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, A PROFESSORSHIP FOR CRIMINAL SCIENCE AND CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY WAS CREATED. IN THE SECOND, FROM THE FOUNDING TO THE BASIC ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIALISM (1949-55), SCIENTIFIC CRIMINOLOGY WAS ORIENTED CHIEFLY TOWARDS COMBATING INTERNAL REACTIONARY FORCES AND FOREIGN IMPERIALIST AGGRESSORS. IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL POLICE SCHOOLS, AN INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINOLOGY WAS ESTABLISHED TO TRAIN RESEARCH EXPERTS. THE INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL TECHNOLOGY IN BERLIN BECAME THE TECHNICAL BASE FOR CRIMINAL STUDIES USING CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, AND ELECTRONICS METHODS. THE THIRD PERIOD, EXTENDING TO THE FINAL VICTORY OF SOCIALISM (I.E. THE BUILDING OF THE BERLIN WALL IN 1961, CONCENTRATED ON FULLY REALISING THE ECONOMIC LAWS OF SOCIALISM. CRIMINOLOGISTS TOOK STUDY TOURS TO THE SOVIET UNION TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH CURRENT RESEARCH. A NEWLY FOUNDED COUNCIL FOR CRIMINAL SCIENCE (LEADING OFFICIALS OF THE SECURITY AGENCIES, COURTS, UNIVERSITIES AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT) TOOK OVER THE COORDINATION AND DIRECTION OF CRIMINAL STUDIES. CRIMINAL SCIENCE STUDIES EXPANDED TO OTHER UNIVERSITIES, AND RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS INCREASED. A BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS OF THAT MOST RECENT PERIOD AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. --IN GERMAN. (SAJ)