This version of the Law and Order series is interesting because it reduces the justice part to as little as possible, except when there is a real problem in court, such as the decision of a verdict that frees a criminal, a murderer most of the time on some technicality or some doubt about the intention of the criminal.
The sexual dimension of these cases is always quite obvious but can be of many different types from voyeurism to stalking and to rape and murder. This dimension of these crimes is interesting because it erases the cases themselves, or nearly. This dimension is so shocking that we do not try to really understand the subtlety of the investigation that is not always very subtle as if the nature of the crime justified some sloppy and violent procedure on the side of the police.
But on the side of the main characterization of these crimes, we deal with illegal immigrants, some racial minorities, sexist people, incest, pedophilia, and quite many other colorations and dressings. It is these options that give the series an interest because then they deal with real social problems in New York. And it is open enough to look at sex crimes in a more comprehensive way than just from men against women.
It is rather entertaining and easy to watch, even if after a while it appears somewhat redundant. It is also true that the short format of the series does not encourage any analysis in depth of the circumstantial and existential context of the crimes.
Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU
The sexual dimension of these cases is always quite obvious but can be of many different types from voyeurism to stalking and to rape and murder. This dimension of these crimes is interesting because it erases the cases themselves, or nearly. This dimension is so shocking that we do not try to really understand the subtlety of the investigation that is not always very subtle as if the nature of the crime justified some sloppy and violent procedure on the side of the police.
But on the side of the main characterization of these crimes, we deal with illegal immigrants, some racial minorities, sexist people, incest, pedophilia, and quite many other colorations and dressings. It is these options that give the series an interest because then they deal with real social problems in New York. And it is open enough to look at sex crimes in a more comprehensive way than just from men against women.
It is rather entertaining and easy to watch, even if after a while it appears somewhat redundant. It is also true that the short format of the series does not encourage any analysis in depth of the circumstantial and existential context of the crimes.
Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU