LITERATURE REFERENCES DERIVE FROM BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PERIODICALS, I.E., 'EXCERPTA CRIMINOLOGICA' (1961 TO 1968), 'ABSTRACTS ON CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY' (1969 TO 1978), AND 'EXCERPTA MEDICA' (1955 TO 1978), AND FROM AN ANALYTICAL CARD INDEX OF THESES AND RESEARCH REPORTS IN A NUMBER OF FRENCH, SWISS, BELGIAN, AND CANADIAN LIBRARIES. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE RESEARCH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MODERN 'PREVENTION' DEFINITIONS. SUBJECT AREAS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO GENERAL ASPECTS OF PREVENTION, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION, CRIME PREVENTION, PREVENTION OF MALADJUSTMENT IN YOUNG PEOPLE, MENTAL HEALTH AS A MEANS OF PREVENTION, AND DRUG ADDICTION PREVENTION. FURTHER TOPIC AREAS ARE PREVENTION THROUGH RELIGION, THE ROLE OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY IN PREVENTION, LEGAL ASPECTS OF PREVENTION, YOUTH PROTECTION, STERILIZATION FOR CRIME PREVENTION, POLICE PREVENTIVE MEASURES, THE FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL IN CRIME PREVENTION, PREVENTION THROUGH THE FAMILY, AND PREVENTIVE LEISURE ACTIVITIES. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE PREVENTIVE WORK WITH JUVENILE GANGS, SUICIDE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OF SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT, AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES IN PREVENTION. FINALLY, CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE ECONOMICS OF PREVENTION, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS, PREVENTION TYPES, ROLES OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PREVENTION TEAM MEMBERS, AND RESEARCH EVALUATING PREVENTIVE EFFORTS. LITERATURE PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, STRATEGIES, AND SERVICES IS LISTED FOR AFRICA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA AND THE NEAR EAST, AND WESTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE. --IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH. (KMD)