The most dangerous sexual assaults on women and children, their murders, the infliction of serious physical and mental injuries—this book is devoted to these most terrible and at the same time most difficult to understand crimes. Based on the study of specific criminal cases and a comprehensive examination of sexual offenders, an attempt has been made to show the causes of sexual assault, their hidden mechanisms, possibilities of prevention, information about the most dangerous sexual killers, such as Chikatilo. Designed for a wide range of readers, it is also of interest to lawyers, psychologists, psychiatrists, sexologists.