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An Interdisciplinary Conference on International Understanding and Peaceful Co-operation, called by the social science division of UNESCO, was held in Prague, September 24–30, 1958. The approximately thirty social scientists present came from seventeen countries, including Egypt and Japan (which had not had representatives at previous meetings of the series). The Czechoslovakian National UNESCO Commission were hosts to the meeting, which was held in the Charles University.

Measurement Issues in Criminology examines the techniques and procedures crucial to successful research. Topics appropriate for specific research designs, data sources, and analytic techniques are identified, as well as topics for which such measurement methods are inappropriate. Subjects explored include ethical obligations and social research, the offender's perspective, longitudinal research design, advantages of time series studies over other procedures when investigating important ques- tions of process and change, and the strength and weakness of studies utilizing secondary data sources

Microsimulation en sciences sociales. Ci-dessous se trouvent trois articles basés sur des présentations et des discussions qui ont eu lieu au Séminaire de Dagstuhl sur la microsimulation en sciences sociales: "Une défi à l'informatique". Schloβ Dagstuhl. 1-5 mai 1995, et ont été publiés depuis dans K. G. Troitzsch, U. Mueller, G. N. Gilbert et J.E. Doran (sous la direction de). Social Science Microsimulation, 1996, Springer Verlag. Les trois articles sont "Simulation comme une stratégie de recherche" et "Environnements et langages informatiques pour la simulation sociale: Résumé d'une discussion informelle . par G. Niget Gilbert, et "Simulation informatique et sciences sociales: Sur l'avenir d'une relation difficile — Résumé d'une discussion informelle par Klaus G. Troitzsch.