Crime scene

A crime scene is any location where evidence of a crime may be found.

A crime scene is not always be the scene of the crime, though the scene of the crime will always be a crime scene. For instance: if a man is murdered in the living room of his apartment and his body is later disposed of in a dumpster behind the building, then crime scenes associated with the murder will be the apartment living room and the dumpster, as well as any rooms, hallways or staircases through which the body was transported. Additionally, the vehicle and home of the murderer will almost certainly be crime scenes as well, because all of these locations will contain evidence of the crime that has occurred.