The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office has settled a federal lawsuit filed by two female detectives who alleged they faced discrimination and a hostile work environment for years in their divisions.

In spring 2016, the co-owners of the Wild Detectives bookstore approached Dallas-based literary wunderkind Lauren Smart with a question: How can we address gender disparity in the publishing industry?

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 ...