Coco Jourdana

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.

An elite tennis star’s reunion with her estranged sister explodes into a battle over buried trauma, threatening her career and her sanity on the eve of the U.S. Open.

After coaching her friend to demand a refund for a takeout order that arrived wrong and three hours late, a woman descends into an existential spiral sprung from the endless “sorrys” she and other women feel compelled to offer.

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.