�Law & Order: SVU� star Mariska Hargitay said there�s a reason fans find
violent crime shows soothing.

During an interview with Fox News Digital, the �Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit� star said franchise creator Dick Wolf should get most of the credit for
the series� popularity thanks to his �great writing.�

�Dick Wolf is truly a visionary,� the 59-year-old actress said while
attending the 33rd Annual Colleagues Spring Luncheon on Tuesday. �And I think
that�s a very singular thing to be a true visionary who understands our
culture in a very deep way, but also understands it�s sort of ironic that a
crime show would be actually calming in a way to our nervous system, knowing
that somebody is out there taking care of it.�

�That our voices are heard and there are people that are on it. So that is
it,� Hargitay said.

She went on to explain that people get a sense of satisfaction from seeing
horrible crimes being solved.

�It�s a very sort of interesting dichotomy,� Hargitay said. �Because you
think about a crime show, which normally should sort of upset your nervous
system, actually can settle it down because of that. I think that we�re all
fascinated with the human condition. We don�t understand how people can do
the things that they do.�

Hargitay said, �But it�s a very deep question, which is we are very complex
beings, and we all have a lot of parts, and we�re all capable of a lot of
things. That�s why working on ourselves and integrating ourselves and
integrating our shadow and our light is one of the most important things we
can do in our evolution.�

�So I think that�s the key to it � is that we all know what we�re capable of,
and we all have to take responsibility for our humanity.�

The original �Law & Order� series ran for 20 seasons from 1990 until 2010 on
NBC. It was rebooted in 2021 and was just renewed.

The popularity of the show inspired multiple spinoffs, including �Special
Victims Unit,� �Criminal Intent,� �Trial by Jury,� �LA,� �UK,� �True Crime,�
and �Organized Crime.�

Hargitay starred in �SVU� as Detective Olivia Benson since it began in 1999
and became an executive producer in 2016, the outlet noted. The series
follows detectives working in the New York City Police Department�s Special
Victims Unit. Benson and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni)
investigate crimes involving sexual assault and abuse. Many of the stories
are inspired by real-life headlines.

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