Tara Venkataraman

Marina Jansen has one dream: to star as Elle Woods in Elon University's production of Legally Blonde-and nothing, and nobody, will stand in their way.

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.