Crime Fictionalization In Crime
Fictionalization may be applied to many prime-time crime series through the ways in which officers of the law are presented, and the ways in which the criminal justice system appears. This idea is so prevalent in today’s society that academics have labeled it the “CSI Effect.” The CSI Effect may be related to the popularity of such series as CSI, Criminal Minds, and other programs that portray scientific and forensic evidence-gathering procedures to catch criminals (Dowler &Fleming, pg. 2, 2006). In Ken Dowler and Thomas Fleming’s article, “Constructing Crime: Media, Crime, and Popular Culture,” they discuss the effects of fictionalization,