Rüdiger Lautmann
Rüdiger Lautmann is a German professor of sociology and a LGBT scholar in Germany. His 1994 book, Die Lust am Kind, is often touted by pro-pedophile activists; he has since distanced himself from this book in response to public criticism in Germany.
Biography
Born in Koblenz, Lautmann lived during his childhood in Düsseldorf, where he went to school. He first studied German law. After he finished his law studies, he started a second study in sociology. Lautmann worked after university studies first in Münster and then in Bielefeld. In 1971, he became then professor in sociology at University of Bremen. In 2001, Lautmann retired as professor.
In 2005, Lautmann married his boyfriend in Hamburg. There he leads the Institut für Sicherheits- und Präventionsforschung. In 2009 he moved to Berlin.
Works by Lautmann in German
Die Funktion des Rechts in der modernen Gesellschaft : Jahrbuch für Rechtssoziologie und Rechtstheorie, First Ed., Bielefeld: Bertelsmann. 1970.Die Polizei. Soziologische Studien und Forschungsberichte : Opladen. 1971.Justiz – die stille Gewalt. Teilnehmende Beobachtung und entscheidungssoziologische Analyse. Frankfurt/Main 1972.Lexikon zur Soziologie. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 1973; 3. Ed. 1994. ; 4. Ed. 2002/2003.Sozialwissenschaftliche Studien zur Homosexualität. Berlin: Verlag rosa Winkel. 1980 to 1997.Der Zwang zur Tugend. Die gesellschaftliche Kontrolle der Sexualitäten. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp. 1984.Das pornographierte Begehren. Frankfurt/New York 1990.Homosexualität. Handbuch der Theorie- und Forschungsgeschichte, Frankfurt/Main: Campus. 1993.Die Lust am Kind. Portrait des Pädophilen, Hamburg: Ingrid Klein Verlag GmbH. 1994. Nationalsozialistischer Terror gegen Homosexuelle. Verdrängt und ungesühnt : Paderborn: Schöningh. 2002.