Highlighting the issue of violence, this Forum issue contains 12 essays. Titles and authors are: "Passivity in the Face of Violence" (Henri Laborit); "Democratisation without Violence?" (Friedrich Hacker); "Ritualised Violence in Sport" (Christian Bromberger); "Violence in Prisons" (Luige Daga); "Racial Aggression" (Geoffrey Bindman); "Violence in Institution" (Serge Heughebaert); "Schools and Violence" (Liliane Urben); "Criminality and the Mass Media" (Jerzy Sarnecki); "Violence against Women" (Clara Gallini); "A Response to Violence" (Richard Hellbrunn); "Cruelty to Children" (Caroline Mignot); and "International Action to Combat Violence" (Gioacchino Polimeni). (JH)