"SVU has consistently made an effort “to keep pace with the times” (Minich, 5), and has always incorporated the latest theory on sexual assault—from changing their language to refer to “victims” as “survivors,” to having the detectives participate in trauma-informed interviews with survivors in their latest season, which acknowledges that people’s memories are affected by trauma. Trauma-informed interviews allow survivors to focus on the memories that their senses provide—for example, what they heard, smelled, etc.—to give a description of what happened to them, rather than try to remember specific details which is often difficult for someone to do after experiencing trauma. These interviews affect not only the answers the survivors give the detectives on the show, but also how their trauma is portrayed on-screen."
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