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What is the common factor uniting the rescue of hostages, shooting galleries, speed bumps, the Leonarda affair, and the prison world? They all feature high inherent danger (HID). Effectively, the notion of territory in the figurative sense means a “space of validity” “closed” by a “perimeter” within which people find themselves subject to the potential danger inherent to this “place.” By examining political, military, physical, natural, and social spaces, and analyzing some key theories, we have identified eight signals likely to warn us that we are entering spaces with HID.