Crime and Punishment Tropes

Tropes that are specific to (or primarily appear in) Crime and Punishment Series.

Related Indexes of Works Related Indexes of Tropes
 * Crime Fiction
 * Crime and Punishment Series
 * Mystery Literature
 * 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 Tropes

Genres:

 * 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 Procedural

Tropes:

 * 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