Other cities also have specially trained sex-crimes officers working in what is often referred to as a special victims unit. Why we are “special” victims, I can’t say. Maybe it’s a euphemism for precious. Perhaps it’s a unique category for those who are special victims of special crimes, the kind where evidence isn’t tested, investigations are underfunded, reports are frequently deemed unfounded, and arrests and convictions almost nonexistent. That sounds pretty special to me.
