Television

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999

Created by Dick Wolf

  • Crime, Drama, Mystery
  • 28 seasons
  • 595 episodes
  • Returning
  • TV-14

Hope in the darkness.

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

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  • Sexual violence
  • Harm to children

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