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The definitive account of Bill Cosby's transition from revered father figure to convicted criminal, told by a veteran crime reporter and former senior writer for People magazine Bill Cosby's decades-long career as a sweater-wearing, wholesome TV dad came to a swift and stunning end on April 26, 2018, when he was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand. The mounting allegations against Bill Cosby--more than 60 women have come...

From Emmy Award winning executive producer Dick Wolf comes the nineteenth season of the longest-running primetime drama currently on U.S. television. Mariska Hargitay returns as Sergeant Olivia Benson. As acting commander of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, Lieutenant Benson leads a team of dedicated detectives seeking to bring sexually violent criminals to justice.

"Sexual misconduct accusations spark competing claims: her word against his. How do we decide who is telling the truth? The answer comes down to credibility. But as this book reveals, invisible forces warp the credibility judgments of even the well-intentioned among us. We are all shaped by a set of false assumptions and hidden biases embedded in our culture, our legal system, and our psyches. The #MeToo movement has exposed how victims have been...

"Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the female private investigator who helped crack it open. Erika Krouse has one of those faces. "I don't know why I'm telling you this," people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private investigator. The role seems perfect for her, but she quickly realizes...

Follows the cases and the internal workings of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, headed by Acting Commander Sergeant Olivia Benson, as she and her team work to bring sexually violent criminals to justice.

In the criminal justice system, sexually based crimes 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.

In November 2000 DeRogatis, a Chicago journalist and music critic, received an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had a problem with 'young girls.' DeRogatis thought breaking the story would have an impact. Instead, Kelly's career flourished. After eighteen years of tenacious journalism, he tells the story of Kelly's career, his own investigations, and brings the story up to the moment when things finally seem to have changed. The result is a darkly...

From Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf comes the gripping 24th season of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," television's longest-running primetime live-action series. Emmy Award winner Mariska Hargitay stars as Capt. Olivia Benson is commander of an elite squad of dedicated detectives investigating New York City's most vicious sexually based offenses. Working alongside her second-in-command, Sgt. Odafin "Fin" Tutuola, Senior Det. Amanda Rollins,...

When 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off on a desperate mission to save her. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track the girl's abductors, he meets Ray, a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally.

Join Detectives Olivia Benson, Elliott Stabler, John Munch, and the rest of the force as they investigate sexual crimes ripped from today's headlines.