Original: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often abbreviated to Law & Order: SVU) is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced.
Simplified: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU) is an American television spin-off of the orginal police drama series Law & Order which is set in New York City, inside the fictional 16th precinct of Manhattan.