Criminal Justice: The CSI Impact

In 2006, over 100 million people in the United States tuned in to watch either CSI or any if the other forensic and criminal investigation related television show each week (CJSG). Since then, the number of viewers has increased rapidly, as well as the amount of television shows with the same type of theme. As a result of the increase of these television programs, researchers are discovering a new phenomenon called the ‘CSI Effect’ that seems to be fueling an interest in forensic science and criminal investigations nationwide. This effect is actually the ability of criminal justice themed television shows to influence and increase victims’, jurors’ and criminals’ ideas about forensics, DNA testing and methods, and criminal investigations

One major difference I noticed about CSI on T.V. compared to real life is the way that things always seem to be fast and easy when in reality it takes a long time and can be complicated. For instance in many shows such CSI Miami, Bones, etc. when they test blood samples, DNA, fingerprints or other things it seems to only take minutes, when in reality it can take weeks or months to get the actual results. Another thing would be the amount of education and training needed. You must be able to perform many things such as drug analysis, trace evidence and much more. Forensics isn't as easy as just taking pictures and bagging evidence. It requires years of education and months of training which is rarely mentioned in the shows. Some T.V. shows rarely

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Many jurors may be more decisive based on actual development in forensic technology; it is likely under the CSI affect to acquit a guilty defendant. The weakness of CSI effect does have a negative effect on the criminal justice system. There a lot of misconceptions associate with crime shows. For instance, in shows such as Law & Order and Crime Scene Investigation, DNA test results only seem to take an hour or a few hours when in reality, it can take days or weeks to get the results back, depending on which DNA testing facility is used.

In continuation, what is the role of an applied scientist in Criminal Justice as it applies to the court system? According to Wrightman (2014), applied scientist try to solve real life problems by applying knowledge. The most important role as an applied scientist is to be an expert witness in cases. An expert is someone who is very knowledgably in a specific field. Seeing that lawyers aren’t very experienced in every area of their cases, applied scientists come in and provide professional opinions on his/her findings discovered during the case. An example of an applied scientist used

Forensic Science has contributed to our world a great deal. People often misunderstand Forensic Science and believe it is much more capable than it really is. As a matter of fact what you see on T.V. is around 80% false or over exaggerated in some way. To Start of, Criminal Investigation is the largest and most known form of Forensic Science. Some of the more known areas include; Fingerprinting, Ballistics, DNA Identification, Fiber Samples, Computer Animation, Documentation analysis, etc. To get this out of the way in the beginning, what you saw on last night’s law and order is far from the truth. Things they do in a matter of hours take months at a time, and most of the time aren’t even plausible concepts.

Less frequently, individuals will allude to the "CSI Effect" to allude to the inverse, nonetheless. Defense attorneys, for instance, now and again contend that attendants impacted by "CSI" have a tendency to accept that any scientific confirmation gathered will be implicating. This is likewise hazardous, commentators say, in light of the fact that individuals don't normally think about the likelihood of error or even fraud [source: Cole. Scientific researchers have been known to fudge results about request to get a conviction, in the event that they accept that is the thing that the police desire. Take, for instance, Joyce Gilchrist, a police scientific expert who

The CSI Effect is becoming to take it’s place in courtrooms and the prosecutors aren 't liking it. Prosecutors are feeling there is no hope for getting a conviction when it’s come to the CSI Effect because they believe that it has control over the juror’s applying justice to criminal. The CSI Effect is being criticized for not allowing prosecutors a fair chance at a conviction in a jury trial for the belief that Jurors are influenced by what they see on T.V shows and how they believe that the use of forensic science should be used more to prove a person guilty of a crime. The CSI Effect is to be determined if whether or not it can affect the way a case is determined in the eyes of the jury.

Not all primetime crime shows are created equal; some bend forensic realities at different degrees than others depending on sub-genre. According to Hon

There has been a lot of research intending to fully discover the extent of the CSI effect television that has found its impact to be negative. Of the multitudes of negative impacts of the CSI effects, among the most prevalent are the unrealistic expectations that viewers have of DNA and other types of forensic evidence in the courtroom. In Ley, Jankowski, and Brewer’s study, they analyzed a large sample of CSI episodes for their content relating to forensic science. The study found that that in 94% of all episodes in the sample the detectives used DNA evidence to solve cases. Also, in 88% of all cases shown, the

Is the “CSI effect” influencing court room? Honestly, I believe there is much more that is added to this equation. The process of the jury section in Florida is solely based on being an American citizen, a resident of Florida, at least eighteen years old, and having a Florida driver’s license or identification card. This process allows a very large range of people to participate as a Juror. The ranges cover different races, ethnicities, ages, education, and social economic levels. There are Three hundred million people in the U.S. and seventy million viewers that watches CSI which equates to less than one-third of the population of viewing the show. The Florida has a little less than twenty million people that are residents. So more than

In Season 1 of CSI: NY, “Three Generations is Enough” focuses on two murders that happen to be connected. The episode starts in a stock trading building where a suitcase is found unattended. The room is cleared and investigators analyze the suitcase, matching the fingerprint on the suitcase to a database. When they get to the apartment, they find it has been ransacked, presence of metal shavings, a degasser, and a computer that has a missing hard drive. Later, another detective finds a suspected suicide in front of a church. Next to the body, three cigarette buttswere found, and when they search the church, they find a candlestick, part of a tooth that came from the victim, and a letter. After questioning potential witnesses, detectives eventually find a burned car that has the body of the stockbroker inside of it. They also find a gun, the missing hard drive and a burned piece of paper. When they analyze the hard drive, they find an email from the victim from another person, Charles, about an argument right before the death took place. The piece of paper in the car indicated where the car had been prior, and they search the location, finding money and a device used to make bullets, linking the location to the metal shavings found in the apartment.

Lawson (2009) brings to the table that some critics argue that the CSI Effect is a nonexistent theory due to the absence of supporting data concluding that there is, in fact, an effect on jurors’ decision making as a result of criminal investigation shows. The little evidence that is available to support the CSI Effect is mostly anecdotal (Shelton, 2008), which is not as reliable. Unfortunately, there may never be much hard, scientific evidence to prove its

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Hello Margo it’s interesting in that you’re going to forensic psychology. Every time I think I’m a Forensic Psychology my mind goes to Criminal Minds or CSI because criminals are a very interesting group of people. The way they think and their reasoning (if they have any) for doing things just make psychology even more interesting to learn about. I think it’s a great idea that you want to work with veterans to get some emotional support animals because I feel like having a companion be it human or not makes any situation that someone is going through it a lot better than it could be.