The Sexual Criminal: A Psychoanalytical Study

First published in 1949 as a criminology/sexology textbook for law enforcement personnel, "The Sexual Criminal" methodically and clinically examines the bizarre and illicit sexual behavior of Los Angeles in the 1930s and '40s -- a fascinating glimpse at the seedy underbelly of a city littered with innumerable true-life noir characters. Written in a terse, Dragnet-like style by the controversial director of the Los Angeles Police Department's Sex Offense Bureau, and graphically illustrated with mugshots of criminals and crime scene photographs of their victims, "The Sexual Criminal" is both a compelling sociological time capsule of a not-so-distant era in the history of Los Angeles and a voyeuristic examination of the explosive sex lives of its inhabitants. Included is a fifty-page introduction by Brian King (author of "Lustmord -- The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers") entitled "The Strange Case of Dr. de River," and a forty-page appendix that factually chronicles four anonymous cases from "The Sexual Criminal." Extremely graphic content -- for adults only.