# Law&Order:SVU and Hudson University **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [December 13, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516 "2023-12-13T01:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/21 "2023-12-13T18:47:37Z")
There is a real-life Hudson Valley Community College (in Troy, N.Y.) and a Hudson College in Canada, which must be riddled with crime. đŸ˜± ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/22 "2023-12-13T19:48:13Z")
I have wondered about Oxford university’s thoguht on Endeavor, Inspector Morse and the other spin offs. That is a lot of crime for a small University town. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/23 "2023-12-13T19:53:45Z")
You think Hudson University is bad? What about the rich kid prep schools in Manhattan? The crime rate there must be 100 times worse than public schools according to L&O. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/24 "2023-12-13T19:58:19Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Pretty much every time a university is portrayed on a television show (or movie) it’s given a fictional name. I can remember on the old Lou Grant show “UCLA” was always called the University of Los Angeles. Ain’t no such thing. > [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > But of course the murder rates in a rural county would be much lower than more urbanized ones I guess, so the 20-25 murders a year was way too high. I don’t know if it’s still true, but I heard that the murder _rate_ in rural areas was actually higher than in urban areas. The raw numbers are certainly much higher in the city, but the country rate is higher (or was). ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/25 "2023-12-13T21:21:28Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I don’t know if it’s still true, but I heard that the murder _rate_ in rural areas was actually higher than in urban areas. The raw numbers are certainly much higher in the city, but the country rate is higher (or was). I looked at Shropshire and indeed the violent crime rate was actually slightly higher than England & Wales as a whole. I always think of Shropshire when I watch Midsomer Murders. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/26 "2023-12-13T21:22:53Z")
No. The murders among the public school demographic are not _interesting_ ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/27 "2023-12-13T21:42:17Z")
See “[How not to get killed in a Quaint English Village](https://crimereads.com/your-guide-to-not-getting-murdered-in-a-quaint-english-village/?fbclid=IwAR1zOz70HTtPS-E8SPYh4LCfc79qSW0dexs_GDkh7F5xSS9L3B4z5VZkmHg)” for life saving advice ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/28 "2023-12-14T05:03:40Z")
LOl!. “They quote Shakespeare in public, to children”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/29 "2023-12-14T05:05:29Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Hudson University is also the alma mater of Dick Grayson. Seriously. I kinda figured most of Gotham’s elite were Miskatonic alumni. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516/30 "2023-12-14T09:15:02Z")
> [@EnolaStraight](#): > > a prospective student or professor may avoid Hudson like the plague. I don’t know, maybe it’s like graduating from Sunnydale High. Not only do prospective employers know you have an education, they also know you were fast enough on your feet to avoid all the rape&murder. “I went to Hudson University, negotiating with the Russian Mafia will be a walk in the park.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-and-hudson-university/994516.md?page=1)