Many victims were cocaine users, prostitutes or acquainted with their assailants, the police and rape crisis workers said.
Hargitay trained as a rape crisis advocate to prepare for the role of Benson.
As rape crisis center reforms increased and picked up supporters, as did the rape law reform groups.
Selective rape crisis centers offer programs for couples who seek to actively end abuse within their relationship.
One myth that rape crisis centers work against is that rape and sexual violence is solely a women's issue.
Ms. Williams said her agency's rape crisis hot line averages 500 to 600 calls a year.
Somebody is "finding" this rape crisis, and finding it for a reason.
By blocking analysis with its claims to unique pandemic suffering, the rape crisis becomes a powerful source of authority.
This neat reversal leaves feminists responsible for "finding" this rape crisis and cynically using it for broader political purposes.
No one is "finding" a rape crisis.
