I used to live in a high-crime area. I remember when I first moved in, a neighbor told me, "Keep your door closed and locked at night. Never open it until morning."

我过去住在一个高犯罪率地区，我记得我刚搬去时，一个邻居告诉我，“晚上把门关上锁好，天明前千万不要开门”。

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When crime scene investigators arrive at the place of a crime, they first try to make sure the area is secure.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

The U.N.Office on Drugs and Crime says Kenya has agreed to be the first nation in the area to try Somali piracy suspects.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

After committing the crime, Eisemann-Schier fled the area.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

To say that Silicon Valley is a low crime area would be an understatement.

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Example: The Feds seized a motel in a high-crime area despite the fact that the owners had not committed a crime.

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The dispute involves a portrait taken by Italian photographer Paolo Pellegrin, who shot it on assignment with the Magnum Photo agency last year as part of an in-depth look at a high-crime Rochester area known as the Crescent.

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