Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren, paved the way for future female TV detectives like Law & Order: SVU's Olivia Benson.

Compelling and clever detective characters can turn a good detective TV show into a timeless classic. The best detective TV shows of all time all tend to center on either one well-written detective ...

On the screen and on the page, today we are accustomed to seeing fictional representations of women detectives kicking in doors, taking down names and sleuthing out villains. From Olivia Benson ...

Why do we rarely see them leave work to take the kids to baseball practice? Some of it has to do with the nature of police ...