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Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LAW

Krouse, Erika

Summary: "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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.25 KRO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KRO

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KROUSE, ERIKA KRO

Dwyer, Kevin.

Summary: This book focuses on twenty-five true stories that real detectives have grappled with and explores the entire criminal process, from investigation and arrest to trial and verdict.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.15 DWY

Summary: Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler are joined by detectives John Munch and Fin Tutuola, and ADA Alex Cabot. This unit deals with the crimes that are painful, emotional, and disturbing. These detectives, who work in a special unit of the police department known as the Special Victims Unit, work the sexually based crimes such as rape, torture, pedophilia and child-abuse.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005

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Bruzas, Alena

Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Virginia makes bad choices. In fact, she's That Kind of Girl, according to the whispers. But as long as she has her tight group of best friends by her side, she's able to ignore the gossipers. Until she finds herself spending time with Rumi, Poppy's boyfriend. Breaking with tradition, she doesn't hook up with Rumi. Worse, she falls in love with him. While Virginia and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRU

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

Summary: "Ten-year-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki. When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della's own wolf -- her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRA

Hirshman, Linda R

Summary: "The first history--incisive, witty, fascinating--of the fight against sexual harassment, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Sisters in Law"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 HIR

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Summary: "An anthology of powerfully honest and intimate letters written by trans and non-binary survivors of sexual violence, offering support and guidance to fellow survivors with additional resources for allies and professionals."--Publisher website.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 WRI

Katz, Jackson.

Summary: Jackson Katz is an American hero! With integrity and courage, he has taken his message--that the epidemic of violence against women is a men's issue--into athletic terms, the military and frat houses across the country. His book explains carefully and convincingly why--and how--men can become part of the solution, and work with women to build a world in which everyone is safer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.8 KAT

Michelle, Shihan

Summary: "A feminist-forward guide to setting boundaries, assessing safety, and defusing violence using the self offense strategy"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2024

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Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LAW

Summary: Takes on sexual crimes of a more sinister and dynamic nature than ever before, including those involving runaway children, an American sex trade operation, and serial rapists. They also grapple with deeply personal matters, as Stabler helps his troubled son and Benson finds herself the prime suspect in a violent case.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011

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Prout, Chessy

Summary: The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. This is the true story of one of those girls. In 2014, Prout was a freshman at St. Paul's School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. She reported her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 PRO

Tuerkheimer, Deborah

Summary: 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....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 TUE

Asano, Inio

Summary: "Selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and nothing seems to fill the sucking void inside you... Find the secret combo for a new hit manga series and everything will be okay. Right?"--Page...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ASA

Brown, Julie K.

Summary: "Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BRO

Summary: Based on the real incident of Abe Sada. An ex-prostitute becomes involved in an obsessive love affair with the master of the household where she is employed as a servant which culminates in murder and mutilation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN IN

Patel, Sajni

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters—she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe—but you would be wrong. Seventeen-year-old Pratyush...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2024

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PAT

Summary: Re-enter the gritty world of New York's complex justice system, with all 19 gripping episodes from the riveting ninth year. Two dedicated cops are loyal to each other and to their job of investigating sexually based crimes.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LAW

Summary: Follow the dedicated officers as they work with New York City's most heinous criminals, including abusive foster parents, neglectful doctors, vicious smugglers, and sadistic kidnappers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LAW

Summary: Join the team in this seventeenth year as they tirelessly pursue compelling cases in all 23 episodes, including a must-see crossover event with Chicago P.D.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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King, Zack.

Summary: Written from a kid's point of view, I said no!, helps kids set healthy boundaries for their private parts, and describes how to deal with inappropriate behavior by others.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boulden Publishing 2010

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 613.6 KIN

Summers, Courtney

Summary: When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis finds the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James outside the gates of an exclusive resort, she teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora to find the killer. She is thrown into a world of unimaginable wealth and privilege-- and the fight for her life. As Ashley's killer closes in, it may not be a matter of who is guilty, but who is guiltiest. -- adapted...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SUM

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Summary: "Contains all 24 gripping episodes from the eleventh season in which the officers track down the most deviant of criminals, including dangerous religious fanatics, serial rapists, and child predators. They also grapple with deeply personal matters, as Stabler helps his troubled son and Benson finds herself the prime suspect in a violent case"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LAW

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