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| - Tropes that are specific to (or primarily appear in) Crime and Punishment Series. Related Indexes of Works
* Crime Fiction
* Crime and Punishment Series
* Mystery Literature Related Indexes of Tropes
* Abuse Tropes
* Cops and Detectives
* The Courtroom Index
* Criminals
* Forensic Phlebotinum
* I Have Your Index
* Index to The Rescue
* Morality Tropes
* Murder Tropes
* Mystery Tropes
* Perp Sweating
* Prison Tropes
* Revenge Tropes
* Steal This Index
* Toxic Tropes
* Victimhood TropesGenres:
* Androids and Detectives
* Buddy Cop Show
* The Caper
* Cop Show
* Crime Reconstruction
* Crime-Time Soap
* Crime-Time TV
* Detective Drama
* Double Caper
* Forensic Drama
* Mystery Fiction
* Law Procedural
* Little Old Lady Investigates
* Police ProceduralTropes:
* Absence of Evidence
* Accidental Kidnapping
* Acquitted Too Late
* After-Action Villain Analysis
* All Crimes Are Equal
* Alone With the Psycho
* Always Gets His Man
* Amateur Sleuth
* Ambulance Chaser
* Amoral Attorney
* Armed Blag
* Arrested for Heroism
* Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving
* Artistic License Law
* Assault With A Deadly Antler
* Asshole Victim
* Atonement Detective
* Audit Threat
* Bank Robbery
* Be As Unhelpful As Possible
* Because I'm Good At It
* Beneath Suspicion
* Big Secret
* Big Store
* Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word
* Black Market
* Blatant Burglar
* Bluffing the Murderer
* Book Em Danno
* The Boxing Episode
* The Butler Did It
* By the Book Cop
* Calling Card
* Candlelit Bath
* Caper Rationalization
* The Cavalry Arrives Late
* Chalk Outline
* Clear My Name
* Clear Their Name
* Clue, Evidence, and A Smoking Gun
* Clueless Detective
* Clueless Mystery
* Coat Full of Contraband
* Cold Reading
* Colliding Criminal Conspiracies
* Comatose Canary
* Come to Gawk
* Common Nonsense Jury
* The Con
* Confess to A Lesser Crime
* Condemned Contestant
* Con Men Hate Guns
* Connect the Deaths
* Consulting a Convicted Killer
* Contract On the Hitman
* The Convenient Store Next Door
* Conviction By Contradiction
* Conviction By Counterfactual Clue
* Convicted By Public Opinion
* Le Cops Sportif
* Cop and Scientist
* Corruption By a Minor
* Corruption of a Minor
* Coincidental Dodge
* Cowboy Cop
* Crime After Crime
* The Crime Job
* Crime of Self Defense
* Criminal Mind Games
* Crusading Lawyer
* Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists
* Cut and Paste Note
* Cut Himself Shaving
* Da Chief
* Damn, It Feels Good to Be A Gangster!
* Dead Man's Chest
* Dead Person Impersonation
* Death in The Clouds
* Destroy the Evidence
* Detective Mole
* Detective Patsy
* Diabolical Mastermind
* Dirty Cop
* Dirty Harriet
* Disposing of a Body
* Fed to Pigs
* Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off
* Don't Tell Mama
* Donut Mess With a Cop
* Dudley Do Right Stops to Help
* Dying Clue
* Eat the Evidence
* Emancipated Child
* Empty Cop Threat
* Eureka Moment
* Everyone Is a Suspect
* Evidence Scavenger Hunt
* Evil Plan
* Exalted Torturer
* The Exotic Detective
* Exposition Victim
* Fair Cop
* Fall Guy
* False Confession
* Faked Kidnapping
* Faking and Entering
* Fatal Attraction
* Felony Murder
* Finger in The Mail
* Finger-Licking Poison
* Fingertip Drug Analysis
* Flash Mob Coverup
* Flashed Badge Hijack
* A Fool for A Client
* Foreign Money Is Proof of Guilt
* Frame-Up
* Friend On the Force
* Found the Killer, Lost The Murderer
* Gentleman Detective
* Give Me Back My Wallet
* Going By the Matchbook
* Good Cop, Bad Cop
* Good Lawyers Good Clients
* Grave Robbing
* Great Detective
* Guilt By Coincidence
* Guilt Ridden Accomplice
* Had to Come To Prison To Be A Crook
* Hand of Death
* Handy Cuffs
* Hanging Judge
* Hardboiled Detective
* He Knows Too Much
* Hello, Attorney! (aka Legally Fruity)
* Hidden Wire
* Hollywood Law
* Hollywood Police Driving Academy
* Identification By Dental Records
* I Fought the Law And The Law Won
* Impersonating an Officer
* Important Character, Important Evidence
* Incriminating Indifference
* The Informant
* Infraction Distraction
* Inkblot Test
* Insanity Defense
* Insignia Rip Off Ritual
* Instant Mystery, Just Delete Scene
* Insurance Fraud
* Internal Affairs
* Interrogating the Dead
* It Never Gets Any Easier
* It's for A Book
* It Was Here I Swear
* I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure
* Jack the Ripoff
* Janitor Impersonation Infiltration
* Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life
* The Judge
* Jurisdiction Friction
* Just Got Out of Jail
* Just One Little Mistake
* Just Partners
* Justice By Other Legal Means
* Justified Criminal
* Kangaroo Court
* The Ketchup Test
* The Killer Becomes the Killed
* The Killer Was Left-Handed
* The Kindnapper
* Last-Minute Reprieve
* Leave No Witnesses
* Manslaughter Provocation (aka Driven to Murder)
* Let Me At Him
* Let Off By the Detective
* Locked Room Mystery
* Luxury Prison Suite
* Mafia Princess
* Magical Database
* Magician Detective
* Make an Example of Them
* Make It Look Like an Accident
* Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal
* Might As Well Not Be in Prison At All
* Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot
* Miranda Rights
* More Criminals Than Targets
* Motive Misidentification
* Miscarriage of Justice
* Mistaken Confession
* Mob War
* Motive Rant
* Mugging the Monster
* My Rule Fu Is Stronger Than Yours
* Necro Cam
* Noble Bigot With a Badge
* No-Tell Motel
* Not Me This Time
* Not Proven
* Obstructive Vigilantism
* Occult Law Firm
* Off On a Technicality
* Off the Record
* Old Cop, Young Cop
* Ominously Open Door
* One Last Job
* One Phone Call
* Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers
* The Peeping Tom
* Penal Colony
* The Penance
* The Perfect Crime
* Perfect Poison
* Perp and Weapon
* Perp Walk
* Phone-in Detective
* Phone Trace Race
* Photo Psychic
* Pinkerton Detective
* Play-Along Prisoner
* Plea Bargain
* Plethora of Mistakes
* Police Brutality
* Police Lineup
* Pregnant Hostage
* Prison Episode
* Prison Rape
* Prisons Are Gymnasiums
* Private Detective
* Private Eye Monologue
* The Profiler
* Profiling
* Public Execution
* Pull the Thread
* Punishment Box
* Rabid Cop
* Rape and Revenge
* The Rat
* Reading Your Rights
* Real Estate Scam
* Rear Window Investigation
* Rear Window Witness
* Regularly-Scheduled Evil
* Retirony
* Returning to The Scene
* Rewind, Replay, Repeat
* Rogue Juror
* Safecracking
* Saying Too Much
* Screw the Rules I Have Money
* Screw the Rules I Make Them
* Screw the Rules I'm Beautiful
* Selective Squeamishness Suppression
* Self-Restraint
* Serial Killings, Specific Target
* The Sheriff
* Shipped in Shackles
* Shouldn't You Stop Stealing?
* Sick, Sad Subculture of the Week
* Sliding Scale of Law Enforcement
* Smith of the Yard
* Smoking Gun Control
* Snuff Film
* Society Is to Blame
* Spotting the Thread
* Spousal Privilege
* Stalker Shrine
* Statute of Limitations
* Steal the Surroundings
* Stepping Out for A Quick Cup of Coffee
* Sticky Fingers
* Stock Punishment
* Strangers On a Train Plot Murder
* Suicide, Not Murder
* The Summation
* Summation Gathering
* Supercop
* Sus Law
* Suspect Is Hatless
* Suspect Existence Failure
* Suspicious Spending
* Suspiciously Idle Officers
* Swiss Bank Account
* Sympathetic Criminal
* Sympathetic Murderer
* Tag-Along Actor
* Taking the Heat
* Take Me Out At the Ball Game
* A Taste of the Lash
* Ten Little Murder Victims
* That One Case
* Theme Serial Killer
* There Are No Police
* There Is No Higher Court
* There Should Be a Law
* Tort Reform
* Throwing the Fight
* Time-Delayed Death
* To Know Him I Must Become Him
* Train Job
* True Crime
* Turn in Your Badge
* Undercover Cop Reveal
* Unishment
* Unknown Assailant
* The Unsolved Mystery
* Urban Legends
* Useless Security Camera
* US Marshal
* Vigilante Execution
* Vigilante Man
* Vomiting Cop
* Wanted Poster
* Win Your Freedom
* White Collar Crime
* Who Watches the Watchmen?
* Witness Protection
* Working On the Chain Gang
* Wrongful Accusation Insurance
* You Didn't Ask
* You Do Not Have to Say Anything
* You Get Me Coffee
* You Have 48 Hours
* You Meddling Kids
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