Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and an American police procedural crime show set in New York. Many episodes are loosely based on real-life crimes that were discovered in the news and received a lot of attention. The Special Victims Unit is billed as a new elite team of NYPD detectives who investigate sex crimes and crimes involving women and children. This crime drama was originally going to follow detectives Elliot Stabler and his partner Olivia Benson, as they are portrayed as seasoned detectives who have seen it all and had a difficult past that motivates them to solve crime. Law and Order SVU is a television show. which focuses on the relationships between police and prosecutorial institutions as equally necessary elements of criminal justice as a whole. Law and Order debunks the belief that the justice system is a streamlined system on the policing or prosecution side. They face many obstacles when seeking justice. When the series first came out, it focused exclusively on the detectives' police work. Law and Order SVU focuses on the ability of cops to do their jobs correctly and without much incompetence. Most of the department's officers are described as being able to perform the small tasks of police work without much difficulty, such as preparing crime scene recording, gathering forensic evidence, etc. Most of the problems that arise from this show are the result not of incompetence but of accidents and misinformation, such as when the witness or victim gives false information. Like some crime-solving TV shows, there is no regular character in the series who portrays a not-so-competent cop or informant when it comes to law and order, except perhaps middle of paper. ....., such as rape and domestic violence as well as cases involving children and the elderly. The cops and prosecutors on this show are deliberately shown to be very competent in order to emphasize their ability to do their jobs properly. The characters in this series are effective and prove to be the best “guys” for the job. References Byers, Michele and Val Marie Johnson. The CSI effect: television, crime and governance. Lanham: Lexington, 2009. Print. David, Greg (February 19, 2007). "Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay Speaks!", MSN. Retrieved 05/12/2009 Dwyer, Kevin and Juré Fiorillo. True Stories from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The true crimes behind the best episodes of the hit TV series. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike, 2008. Print.Silver, Jim. Crime Junkie's Guide to Criminal Law: From Law and Order to Laci Peterson. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008. Print.