crime scenes
Where detectives work
Crime scenes are locations where crimes have occurred, preserved for investigation.
Police secure crime scenes to collect evidence—fingerprints, DNA, weapons, bloodstains.
The term appears constantly in procedural dramas: Detectives arrived at the crime scene.
Figuratively, any messy aftermath might be called a crime scene: My kitchen looks like a crime scene.
- yellow tapePerimeter marking for restricted areas
- bloodstainsDried hemoglobin discolorations
- chalk outlineDrawn perimeter marking remains
- blood spatterDispersed droplets of blood
- cluesHints toward answers
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- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- Crime Watchwanted posters, fugitives, missing persons, mugshots, cold cases
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crime scenescourtrooms
Judicial hearing spaces
courts of law · appellate courts · correctional facilities · tribunals · sentencing hearings
crime scenessafe havens
Protected places from harm
sanctuaries · shelters · refuges · protected areas · safe houses
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