People naturally love crime. It is just fascinating when it's really thought about in depth. The most popular shows on television these days are shows about crimes. Such as CSI, Forensic Files, NCIS, Bones and many more. There is an aray of different types of TV shows that are about solving a crime in just a half an hour. Whether it was the definite discovery of DNA or a reflection in someone's glasses that gives it all away. Either way in the end they always find the person who committed this crime with no doubt. What people don’t understand is that those shows portray solving crimes very differently then what is it actually like. Crimes do not get solved that quickly and is never as easy as it looks on TV. There is not always DNA found at
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According to Gary Boas of Education Wavefront prosecutors are becoming concerned because the show is beginning to give people an a very unrealistic interpretation about what solving crime is all about. They also use attractive investigators and a bunch of high-tech gadgets to solve crimes, when in reality these tools don’t even truly exist. At least not in the way that it is shown in the 42 minute episode. For example, in CSI one guy does it all when it comes to the lab and that’s just not the truth. In real life labs, there are so many different sections such as trace evidence analysis, photo documentation, firearms, DNA analysis and much more. Brad Brown, Vice President of Arrow Head Forensics states how in real life "It sometimes can take longer to solve a crime than it takes to produce a whole series." Elisa T. Bergslien, associate professor of earth sciences and science education says that "The manner in which the technology is used is often far fetched." The intriging sense of the topic of crime solving and catching many junior high and high school students attention, which is leading facilities to be scuttling for ideas for new college level courses. Bergslien also says how it did have a positive effect on students and their education but students do seem to be disappointed when they quickly learn crime solving is not as effortless as it
According to Gary Boas of Education Wavefront prosecutors are becoming concerned because the show is beginning to give people an a very unrealistic interpretation about what solving crime is all about. They also use attractive investigators and a bunch of high-tech gadgets to solve crimes, when in reality these tools don’t even truly exist. At least not in the way that it is shown in the 42 minute episode. For example, in CSI one guy does it all when it comes to the lab and that’s just not the truth. In real life labs, there are so many different sections such as trace evidence analysis, photo documentation, firearms, DNA analysis and much more. Brad Brown, Vice President of Arrow Head Forensics states how in real life "It sometimes can take longer to solve a crime than it takes to produce a whole series." Elisa T. Bergslien, associate professor of earth sciences and science education says that "The manner in which the technology is used is often far fetched." The intriging sense of the topic of crime solving and catching many junior high and high school students attention, which is leading facilities to be scuttling for ideas for new college level courses. Bergslien also says how it did have a positive effect on students and their education but students do seem to be disappointed when they quickly learn crime solving is not as effortless as it