Answer:

PERPS

Answer	Crossword Clue
PERPS	Crooks
PERPS	Criminals, on cop shows
PERPS	Crooks, to cops

PERPS	Cops' quarry
PERPS	Offenders, in copspeak
PERPS	Heist participants, to cops
PERPS	Guys in cuffs, hopefully
PERPS	Criminals, in the station house
PERPS	Criminals, in cop lingo
PERPS	Whom cops catch
PERPS	Arraigned people

PERPS	APB targets
PERPS	Cops' quarries
PERPS	Offenders, to cops
PERPS	What cops call crooks
PERPS	Crime committers, for short
PERPS	Felonious figures, for short
PERPS	Cops catch them
PERPS	Police blotter types

PERPS	They may be collared
PERPS	Figures in detective fiction
PERPS	Station house figures
PERPS	Those "walking" through the answers to the starred clues
PERPS	Lawbreakers
PERPS	They did it
PERPS	Guilty gang
PERPS	Mug shot subjects, informally

PERPS	Cuffs are slapped on them
PERPS	Cops' collars
PERPS	Police blotter types, slangily
PERPS	Cops' targets
PERPS	Some guest roles on cop shows
PERPS	Ones picked out of lineups
PERPS	Police line?