This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.

This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.

This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.

A rape case happens to turn up Vivian Arliss’ name, and Benson, who has not given up trying to find Calvin’s mother, wants on the investigation. When Cragen gives it to Tutuola and Munch instead, she will risk her job, defying his orders, because of the bond forming between her and Calvin.

Stabler’s participation in a Take Back the Night rally at Kathleen’s campus results in an extra case for him and Benson when a student claims she was raped. Unfortunately, the case turns out to be a “he said-she said” type with little evidence. Enter Sonya Paxton, and it can only get more complicated.

Benson and Stabler are investigating who raped Agent Dana Lewis when she suddenly backs off from her cooperation, citing her undercover assignment. This frustration leads to the detectives joining her operation which is protesting the plans for a mosque at Ground Zero… at least that is what is supposed to be happening.

When a strait-laced woman is found dead in a fountain after a night on the town, Detectives Benson and Stabler have a hard time putting together a clear picture of the victim. After the tox results are returned, suspicion falls on a professor at a local college with radical politics and equally radical ways to [...]

The detectives end up in a dangerous situation while investigating the whereabouts of a kidnapped eight-year-old boy.

The investigation into the rape of three young girls reveals some secrets about a rookie cop who made the rapist’s arrest.