The monographic study provides a legal assessment of criminal law norms that ensure the protection of the individual from the point of view of their moral validity. Much attention is paid to the analysis of this group of crimes in the historical aspect, taking into account the moral views of a particular historical era, as well as a comparative legal analysis of criminal law - legal norms of a number of modern foreign countries. The work uses materials from forensic investigative practice and statistical data. For researchers, graduate students and students of law universities and faculties.