Anthony Monguso

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.

In the gritty and ethnically mixed neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn, during the turbulent 1970s, a talented and ambitious young man finds himself caught between the allure of a brighter future and his loyalty to his neighborhood friends

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.