Emeka Banye
100591857
Submitted in partial fulfillment of
The requirements for
PSYC 3210U
Foundations for Academic Learning and Success
Bachelor of Arts in Forensic Psychology
Faculty of Social Science of Humanities
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Oshawa, Ontario
Dr. Karla Emeno
Davut Akca March 27th 2016 Introduction
Eyewitness testimony has been a very important aspect towards forensic psychology and convicting offenders. This paper will be argued towards the aspect of how new research has applied to eye witness testimonies and its importance towards dealing with future cases to prevent wrongful convictions. The first section of this paper covers the topics of the CSI-effects involvement in the criminal justice system and whether there is a strong correlation between …show more content…
It was found that watching, “a) CSI dramas had no independent effect on jurors’ verdicts, b) the exposure to CSI dramas did not interact with individuals characteristics and c) different individual characteristics were significantly associated with different types of evidence” (Kim et al., p. 453). A major issue is the effect media (CSI drama) has on the system. There have been debates about the CSI-effect in legal & social science communities. It is believed that jurors frequently exposed to forensic programs will be more likely to acquit a guilty defendant if there is a lack of scientific evidence, compared to jurors that was not exposed to forensic programs (Kim et al., 2009). “The methodology for examining a CSI-effect had initial studies which presented findings in a very basic statistical manner” (Kim et al., p. 455). A multivariate & path analyses was used to determining stranger evidence whether the CSI-effect has a strong correlation or no correlation at all. Results in the study found that, non-white jurors were more willing to convert defendants (p
100591857
Submitted in partial fulfillment of
The requirements for
PSYC 3210U
Foundations for Academic Learning and Success
Bachelor of Arts in Forensic Psychology
Faculty of Social Science of Humanities
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Oshawa, Ontario
Dr. Karla Emeno
Davut Akca March 27th 2016 Introduction
Eyewitness testimony has been a very important aspect towards forensic psychology and convicting offenders. This paper will be argued towards the aspect of how new research has applied to eye witness testimonies and its importance towards dealing with future cases to prevent wrongful convictions. The first section of this paper covers the topics of the CSI-effects involvement in the criminal justice system and whether there is a strong correlation between …show more content…
It was found that watching, “a) CSI dramas had no independent effect on jurors’ verdicts, b) the exposure to CSI dramas did not interact with individuals characteristics and c) different individual characteristics were significantly associated with different types of evidence” (Kim et al., p. 453). A major issue is the effect media (CSI drama) has on the system. There have been debates about the CSI-effect in legal & social science communities. It is believed that jurors frequently exposed to forensic programs will be more likely to acquit a guilty defendant if there is a lack of scientific evidence, compared to jurors that was not exposed to forensic programs (Kim et al., 2009). “The methodology for examining a CSI-effect had initial studies which presented findings in a very basic statistical manner” (Kim et al., p. 455). A multivariate & path analyses was used to determining stranger evidence whether the CSI-effect has a strong correlation or no correlation at all. Results in the study found that, non-white jurors were more willing to convert defendants (p