Law and Order
I came across an episode of Law and Order: Special Victim Unit called “Nationwide Manhunt” season 17, episode 14. In this episode, a man by the name of Greg Yates was arrested and charged with several counts of murder, rape, and torture against women. He was sentenced to life at Green Heaven Correctional Facility, where he was questioned about the victims that he murdered and shown graphic photographs of his victims. Yates gave some information about the women explaining they were from Chicago and working women with addictions at truck stops. He refused to give any more information until he spoke with detective Ryland. When he finally met with detective Ryland and asked to be transferred to Honor block, which was a good behavior …show more content…
The show demonstrates a sense of realism, in which many people believe these criminal procedures used in the episodes to be true. This show displays a lot of imagery introducing policing and prosecution. However, the show falsifies the images of policing and prosecution for entertainment. For example, in the episode entitled “Nationwide Manhunt”, Mrs. Freeman was able to sneak in lasagna with contraband without being searched. In reality, visitors are not allowed to bring food into correctional facilities. In my opinion, this episode showed a false perception of correction officer’s duties within faculties as it relates to search procedures. This episode displayed that the men were able to escape through a hole in the …show more content…
This show among many others has taught many students the incorrect procedures within criminal justice field. Due to this, professor that teach crime analysis have found that they must help students unlearn what they have witness from television because it displays incorrect information (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014). In addition, now jurors wants more forensic evidence. Watching shows like CIS, has had an influence on way the jurors demand for more DNA analysis. In my opinion, I think that these shows does not depict the reality of policing or prosecution. I think that these type of shows should be more factual. Especially, since many people are really taking what they are viewing on television and apply these procedures in reality. I think these shows should be structured around more factual
I came across an episode of Law and Order: Special Victim Unit called “Nationwide Manhunt” season 17, episode 14. In this episode, a man by the name of Greg Yates was arrested and charged with several counts of murder, rape, and torture against women. He was sentenced to life at Green Heaven Correctional Facility, where he was questioned about the victims that he murdered and shown graphic photographs of his victims. Yates gave some information about the women explaining they were from Chicago and working women with addictions at truck stops. He refused to give any more information until he spoke with detective Ryland. When he finally met with detective Ryland and asked to be transferred to Honor block, which was a good behavior …show more content…
The show demonstrates a sense of realism, in which many people believe these criminal procedures used in the episodes to be true. This show displays a lot of imagery introducing policing and prosecution. However, the show falsifies the images of policing and prosecution for entertainment. For example, in the episode entitled “Nationwide Manhunt”, Mrs. Freeman was able to sneak in lasagna with contraband without being searched. In reality, visitors are not allowed to bring food into correctional facilities. In my opinion, this episode showed a false perception of correction officer’s duties within faculties as it relates to search procedures. This episode displayed that the men were able to escape through a hole in the …show more content…
This show among many others has taught many students the incorrect procedures within criminal justice field. Due to this, professor that teach crime analysis have found that they must help students unlearn what they have witness from television because it displays incorrect information (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014). In addition, now jurors wants more forensic evidence. Watching shows like CIS, has had an influence on way the jurors demand for more DNA analysis. In my opinion, I think that these shows does not depict the reality of policing or prosecution. I think that these type of shows should be more factual. Especially, since many people are really taking what they are viewing on television and apply these procedures in reality. I think these shows should be structured around more factual