Its members include Detective Elliot Stabler, a family man trying to protect his family from the horrors of the world that he sees in his job on a daily basis, Detective Olivia Benson, herself the child of a rape victim, Detective John Munch, a cynical ex-Baltimore homicide detective beginning a new life in New York City, Detective Fin Tutuola, a streetwise cop from the Hood, and Captain Donald Cragen, their boss. Written by Brian Barjenbruch In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses such as rape, torture, pedophilia and child-abuse are dealt with in New York City, by a special unit of the police department known as the Special Victims Unit.
This show delves into the dark side of the New York underworld as the detectives of a new elite force, the Special Victims Unit, investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes, while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives.
