GOALS OF PREVENTIVE ACTIVITIES ARE RECOGNIZING PLANNED OFFENSES AT AN EARLY STAGE, DETERMINING TRENDS CONDUCIVE TO WHITE COLLAR CRIME, PUBLICIZING LEGALLY QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES, AND FACILITATING REPRESSIVE MEASURES. THE OBJECTIVES CAN BE ACHIEVED BY REVAMPING POLICE ATTITUDES AND APPROACHES AND CULTIVATING MEDIA CONTACTS. PREVENTIVE MEASURES CAN BEST BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH A SPECIAL POLICE PREVENTION UNIT WITH DIVISIONS FOR OPEN PREVENTION AND FOR INTELLIGENCE WORK. CRITICS ARGUE THAT PREVENTIVE WARNINGS MAY VIOLATE POLICE CONFIDENTIALITY RULES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE POLICE ARE ALSO OBLIGATED TO PREVENT OFFENSES DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC SECURITY. EVEN AGAINST THE POLICE SUITS ARE POSSIBLE WHEN THE POLICE HAVE NOT FULFILLED THEIR PROTECTIVE MANDATE. THE CIVIL LIABILITY OF CRIMINAL POLICE SHOULD NOT EXTEND TO RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREVENTIVE COUNSELING EFFORTS WHICH PROVE INEFFECTIVE AND FAIL TO FORESTALL ABUSE. PARADOXICALLY, POLICE MAY NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION TO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ADVICE UNTIL THEY HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS. NOTES AND A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY ARE SUPPLIED. --IN GERMAN.