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Crime Reality Shows, a special genre of reality television format is trending these days by gripping the audiences across the world with various unique ways of providing crime based entertainment. And surprisingly, the popularity is growing deeper attracting all sorts of audiences and age groups. This enhances the scope of developing effects or various implications on the perceptions, thought process and behaviour of general viewers. The effects can be either positive or negative. The current research study primarily aims at understanding the viewing patterns of the audiences of crime reality shows in India and how the audiences perceive the programs. It also primarily focuses in analyzing the perceptions of audiences towards Crime and Society; Law & Order and Judiciary; effects on psychology and the fear of victimization. The research paper also focused in identifying the gender differences, if any, in terms of perceptions, effects and expectations on Crime Reality Shows.