Professor of the Department of Criminalistics of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs G.B. Deryagin presents the main sections of the new academic discipline - criminal sexology. The history of the development of sexology is shown, modern views on the manifestations of human sexuality are presented, a transcultural review of sexual behavior and violence is carried out. Particular attention is paid to destructive sexuality, crimes against sexual inviolability and sexual freedom of the individual.