In today’s society, there are so many things that can influence how people think about all kinds of things. There is television, magazines, movies, and music that can all distort the way things seem in reality. Television is the most influential of all of these and that is especially true when it comes to the world of forensic science. There are so many shows on television, whether they are reality or scripted that cover this particular genre such as Crime Scene Investigation, Law and Order, Forensic Files, and NCIS just to name a few. All of these shows believe it or not, have had a negative effect on many aspects of the criminal justice system.
So many of these shows on television glamorize the world of criminal justice and make it seem …show more content…
This so called phenomenon is affecting the criminal justice system in a way that it is making it more difficult to get convictions where it might not have been previously. Jurors are becoming more aware and have more of an understanding of the criminal justice system, especially when it comes to “types and tests of forensic evidence, legal procedures, and due process” (Tapscott …show more content…
What these shows using real cases does, is familiarize some people who might recognize the story and think that everything they are watching is the truth which can then lead those people to think that how the crime was solved on television is how it was really solved (Barak 150). One example of this is from a past case where they did not convict the defendant and when asked why one juror said they did not convict “because the prosecution did not deliver television-style forensic evidence” (Tapscott
So many of these shows on television glamorize the world of criminal justice and make it seem …show more content…
This so called phenomenon is affecting the criminal justice system in a way that it is making it more difficult to get convictions where it might not have been previously. Jurors are becoming more aware and have more of an understanding of the criminal justice system, especially when it comes to “types and tests of forensic evidence, legal procedures, and due process” (Tapscott …show more content…
What these shows using real cases does, is familiarize some people who might recognize the story and think that everything they are watching is the truth which can then lead those people to think that how the crime was solved on television is how it was really solved (Barak 150). One example of this is from a past case where they did not convict the defendant and when asked why one juror said they did not convict “because the prosecution did not deliver television-style forensic evidence” (Tapscott