The crime reality TV subgenre features crime-related content, investigations, law enforcement procedures, and the portrayal of criminal activities. These shows often provide viewers with insights into the world of crime, policing, and criminal justice, sometimes blurring the lines between entertainment and reality.

The series follows detectives during the hours immediately following a homicide.

To catch a predator shows us the investigations carried out using the hidden camera from Dateline NBC.

Players take roles of detectives and suspects in this crime-solving game. With clues and wits, can they expose the culprit among them?

Camera crews follow police officers while they work.

Alex Cox, Ruben Barela, Heather Ashley Chase, Andrew Fincher, Michael Roberts, and Ryan Mann in Cops (1989)

Judge Judy Sheindlin, a former judge from New York, tackles actual, small claims cases with her no-nonsense attitude in which damages of no more than $5,000 can be awarded.

"60 Days In" offers an unprecedented look at life behind bars at Indiana's Clark County Jail. Seven ordinary people volunteer to live among its general population for 60 days, without fellow inmates or staff knowing their secret.

Follows a diverse group of people living in Appalachia who carry on a 200-year-old tradition passed down from their forefathers, making moonshine.

Steve Tickle and Tim Smith in Moonshiners (2011)

Follows the exploits of real-life bounty hunter Duane 'Dog' Chapman and his family chasing down actual fugitives in the Hawaiian Islands.

Beth Chapman and Duane 'Dog' Chapman in Dog the Bounty Hunter (2003)

Follows at-risk youths in prison intervention programs, revisiting them a month later to gauge program impact after confronting realities of incarceration.

Chronicles the lives of four struggling "allegedly" associated women who have to pick up the pieces and carry on after their husbands or fathers do time for Mob-related activities.

Danger and drama are around every bend for Maine's elite game wardens, who are followed in this series as they navigate the state's rugged terrain during a busy and risk-filled hunting season.

Untrusting of outside law enforcement, some Amish in Lancaster County, PA have for many years regularly turned to a small organized group of men for protection and justice. The series provides a first-ever look at the men who protect and maintain peace and order within the Amish community in Lancaster. The 2006 School shootings in Lancaster County during which five young Amish girls were killed and five more seriously injured by a non-Amish milk truck driver brought to the nation's attention the vulnerabilities of the Amish community, and their need for continued protection.

The no-nonsense jurist who began his career in Tennessee presides over arbitration between civil litigants in lieu of a small claims court proceeding.

A reality series that follows action star Steven Seagal's adventures as a fully-commissioned deputy with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana.

Steven Seagal in Steven Seagal: Lawman (2009)

Sensing Murder is a real-life crime documentary drama series, which uses respected psychics, such as Scott Russell Hill, to try and solve real life crimes.

LAPD homicide detective Sal LaBarbera and a team of master codebreakers use their unrivaled expertise to bring the most mysterious serial killer in American history into the light.

A documentary show about troubled girls who are are juvenile delinquents in Madison Juvenile Center

Girls Incarcerated: Young and Locked Up (2018)

Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez

Judge Cristina Pérez whom is best known for hosting her original court show "Cristina's Court" comes back to TV with an all new court show that involves her presiding over small-claims court cases.

Cristina Perez in Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez (2012)

The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta

A group of detectives working together to solve a murder case in Atlanta.

The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta (2019)

An elite task force headed by US Marshal Lenny DePaul hunt down some of world's most wanted fugitives and felons

At the Sacramento County Jail, incarcerated women fight the power and one another as they try to make the best of life - and love - on the inside.

The small town of Terlingua, Texas is a little known oasis on the Rio Grande River where eccentric residents trade modern comforts for a unique brand of freedom. But the price of their freedom proves high when a brutal crime threatens to tear their town apart. This true-crime docu-series delves into the eccentric world of Terlingua as its citizens struggle to reconcile the killing of a dear friend and fight to hold the town together as it grapples with change.

Actor Kenny hotz puts himself through a series of morally difficult challenges . Will he triumph in the end ?

Kenny Hotz in Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will (2011)

A reality show on real alcohol and drug testing performed on Australian roads by the Police's RBT Squad.

Phony tourists here to work, belligerent visitors smuggling contraband, toys packed with heroin, weapons disguised as cell phones: all are just another day at the office for the Canada Border Services Agency.

Border Security: America's Front Line (2016)

This show follows detectives from the Chicago Police Missing Persons Unit as they work cases from initial report to conclusion. There are both happy and tragic endings.

Two guys teach families how to secure their homes, by first breaking into them.

A news show featuring stories about comicly stupid criminals.

Six undercover participants immerse themselves along I-65 drug corridor, exposing cartel infiltration in the Heartland. Offering a 360-degree view, they tackle the crisis from multiple angles.

Jamey Noel and Richie Webber in 60 Days In: Narcoland (2019)

Gripping viral crime clips, kidnappings, break-ins, car chases unfold. Series explores untold stories behind shocking viral crimes racking up millions of views

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