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‘Law & Order: SVU’ Might Be Schlock But It Might Also Be Changing the World for the Better
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‘Law & Order: SVU’ Might Be Schlock But It Might Also Be Changing the World for the Better

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Matt Minich
/ 8 May 2018

NBC's super-popular sex crime drama is shlocky, hamfisted, and problematic. But some critics and social scientists think it might help create a culture of consent.

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/ 17 February 2009
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/ 27 September 2005
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/ 4 October 2004

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