CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The "CSI Effect" and Its Potential Impact on Juror Decisions the “CSI Effect” first described in the media as a phenomenon resulting from viewing forensic and crime based television shows. Jurors can be influenced by this effect which can or may cause them to have unrealistic expectations of forensic science during a criminal trial. It will affect jurors’ decisions during a conviction or acquittal process. Research has shown the “CSI Effect” has a pro-defense bias, in that jurors are less likely…

I find the research question “How do Crime Television Dramas Impact Real Life Cases?” very fascinating because it questions a unique argument that most people tend to overlook. I want to find out if watching popular television shows like CSI and Criminal Minds changes the public’s perception of law enforcement agencies when assessing crime cases. This research question does not affect my values but I do think it is important to know how and why television makes such a significant impact on our…

The reason criminal investigation start was because in the year 1750 Henry Fields formed a group of volunteers and they were used for investigators when a crime scene was reported. One of the very popular forensic science professor is Henry Chang-Yu Lee. Henry Lee first started off as a police captain in Taiwan, he then decided to move to the…

stereotypes. According to society the police are “crime fighters”. Police devote countless hours enforcing criminal law, patrolling, arresting criminals and investigating crimes. I’m not going to lie, before this class I was under the same impression, but this is what education is for. However, the crime fighting image is not precise the usual patrolmen rarely makes a felony arrest and almost never fires a weapon in their career. Crime science investigators, CSI, Law & Order, Criminal Intent and…

Kruse (2010), argues that the imaginary is not created alone through the text of TV crime dramas, but is impacted by a viewer’s subjectivity, life experiences, educations, political views, and personal fantasies. Kruse maintains that TV dramas, such as CSI, tainted by the viewer specific position within society, may provide the viewer with the justification for their world view, cause them to reflect on their lives, position, or politics, or be nothing more than mere entertainment. In Kruse’s…

means that the evidence that can be found at the scene can be more probable that…

opinion: Should crime scene investigators be first civilian or sworn (police) personnel? Hayden B. Baldwin's opinion states: Before I begin, I have to tell you the subsequent is my opinion supported over thirty years during this field and even supposing. I'm retired from enforcement. I still teach crime scene investigation, write articles, write chapters in rhetorical publications, speak professionally and in public and have trained virtually thousands of CSI's in basic crime scene process,…

health of people being detained, investigations that seem to be biased and not carried out ethically, and the failure of the justice…

No matter what part of the country we live in, crime is a problem. This issue places a huge responsibility on our government and law enforcement agencies. We rely on the authorities and trust that all criminal investigations will be processed and completed successfully. No matter how great investigative work becomes, crime will never cease to exist. However, investigators play a key role in maintaining order and justice. These well trained men and women, are prepared and equipped with the proper…

On this particular show, there was a murder-taking place with no clue at all, on who committed the crime. They had recovered some D&A, but there were no past data to make a match on a suspect. The detectives had someone in question on who it might be but no evidence to hold him to the crime. Out of nowhere, one of the detectives on the case was talking to the man in question and somehow saw up his nose a dot of blood no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence. He then grabbed a q-tip…