Because of the results of their psychological evaluations, detectives Stabler and Jeffries are in danger of losing their jobs, and they will have to undergo further evaluation and submit formal explanations to an investigation commission.
The vicious assault of an Afghan diplomat's daughter uncovers clues that may suggest ancient traditions justify "honor killings" when a child goes against time-honored values.
The SVU detectives build a case against a pedophile who, for a decade, used the ruse of piano lessons to prey on young boys.
A young Romanian woman is being held as a sex slave by a truly warped man and his wife. THE SVU team races to find the woman once they learn her life may be in danger.
The SVU detectives search for a rapist who is able to attack his victims on crowded subways without any of the passengers taking note of his sexual assault.
The SVU detectives search for a rapist who is able to attack his victims on crowded subways without any of the passengers taking note of his sexual assault.
The daughter-in-law of a Pat Robertson-like conservative is found dead and presumably raped while visiting NY. Our team investigates and learns that a series of burglaries with a sexual component have occurred in a number of local hotels. The team eventually arrests the burglar, but are set back to square one once they learn the man has an alibi for the time of the murder.
When a young girl claims she was raped by a man she met on the internet, Benson and Stabler set out to bring the man to justice. Though the girl admits later she was lying, the detectives still pursue the man as they fear he is preying on other young girls online. They soon realize their task is a difficult one for the laws governing the internet have not kept pace with the ever-changing technology and are incredibly vague and ineffective.
When the bad girl daughter in a Kennedy-like family murders her one night stand, she turns to her mom for help. Her mother, the grand matriarch of the family, then turns to her trusted family advisor. He enlists his friends in the mob and they all conspire to cover up the murder.
The rape and murder of an elderly woman leads Benson and Stabler to two neighborhood delinquents who were known not to like the victim. Once caught, they confess to breaking in and robbing the woman, but not to raping her. The evidence trail leads back to the delivery person who discovered the body. Though the man seems suspicious at first, the real culprit turns out to be his partner. Though they think they have an easy collar, the detectives are stymied to learn their suspect may be mentally retarded and consequently, his lawyer may be able to use that to his advantage in his trial.
Benson and Stabler's investigation of a serial rape case is hampered when the one victim who could identify her attacker refuses to do so. Turns out the woman is a Quaker who belongs to the same church as her assailant. She feels the man has repented his past transgressions and has turned his life around. Consequently, she refuses to aid in the detective's quest to bring the man to justice.
While investigating the murder of a judge, Benson and Stabler learn the murder victim was extorting sex from desperate women wanting to get their convict husbands paroled. Also, Cassidy has second thoughts as to whether he wants to remain a member of SVU.
A young gay man is found dead and the evidence points to serial rapist recently paroled from prison. Once they investigate further, Benson and Stabler are surprised to find out that the convict's mild mannered brother is the real culprit. The detectives learn eventually, however, that the convict has a psychological hold over his brother and coerced him to commit the crime. Also, Benson searches for the identity of her rapist father.
The body of a prominent businessman is found in an extremely provocative position. This leads Stabler and Benson to talk with the man's many sexual partners. Eventually, they hit upon the victim's Russian "companion" who soaked him in recent months for over two million dollars in gifts. Though the evidence points to the materialistic Russian woman, it is later learned that the true killer is another of her suitors who has killed in a jealous rage.
A female corporate annalist known by her friends and co-workers as a "sexual explorer" is found murdered in her bed, leading Benson and Stabler to her con-artist boss. Though the boss denies any involvement, the SVU detectives put together evidence that suggests the woman was killed by the man during an "exploration" gone wrong.
A stirring episode that details a rape investigation from start to finish. While Benson and Stabler struggle to bring the rapist to justice, the victim struggles to put her life back together after the attack. The case strikes a chord with Benson as she knows first hand the emotional pain that results from rape.
The death of a young boy leads Benson and Stabler to a violent child molester, released back into the community after 20 years. The suspect's alibi comes through, and upon his discharge is murdered at the hands of the victim’s angry father; only later to discover the actual killers were the two teenage eye-witnesses.
An investigation into a woman's death leads Stabler and Benson to a deranged stalker. They learn the psychotic man has stalked numerous women in his quest to gain psychological and physical control over them. Once a woman defies this control, the man's pattern has been to viciously and violently lash out at her. When Benson shows no fear in her interrogation of the deranged killer, her colleagues fear that she may become his next intended target.
In a Lolita-like story, a middle-aged writer is found dead in a boarding house. Stabler and Benson investigate and learn the man may have been involved with his landlady's teenage daughter. Evidence eventually points to the landlady's boyfriend who has a criminal record. Ultimately, it is learned that the young girl is actually the murderer. She killed her lover in anger when he reneged on his promise to take her away with him on a trip around the world.
Benson and Stabler are plunged into the big money world of College Basketball when a young woman is murdered on a local college campus. All the clues seem to point to two star basketball recruits who have lead the team to the NCAA tournament and national acclaim. As the school closes ranks to protect its basketball franchise, Benson and Stabler must sort thru a labyrinth of sex, parties and the lives of pampered college athletes in search of the truth.
The savage murder of two underage models leads Benson and Stabler into the glamorous world of high fashion. Benson and Stabler’s investigation exposes the underbelly of the modeling world, where drugs, sex and humiliation are the norm. With the help of Lennie Briscoe and his new partner Ed Green, they follow the twisting trail of clues to a bitter ex-model whose career was cut tragically short by an sexual assault several years before. Bebe Neuwirth guest stars.
Benson and Stabler investigate what they assume to be the murder of a prostitute. Their assumptions change once they talk to the victim's middle class parents who assert definitively that their daughter was not a street walker. Further investigation uncovers that the woman may have been the victim of a serial killer. Ultimately they capture the serial murderer who turns out to be cop, but also finger the young woman's boyfriend who copied the killer's m.o. to cover his crime.
The detectives investigate the murder and sexual mutilation of a New York cab driver. At first the case seems to be a tragic example of mistaken identity, until the detectives learn the man was a Serb military leader who committed numerous rapes during the war.
A woman is found on top of parked car, the apparent victim of someone who pushed her out of a sixth floor window. Detectives learn the woman was having simultaneous affairs with both her shrink and a married national anchorman.