How Does CSI Affect Law Enforcement
Christa Billings
Professor Nawoichyk
Intro to Policing
The CSI Effect There has been a rise in interest in crime fighting television series’. People think that what they are watching on television is what happens in real life and get the wrong idea about how it really works. It affects law enforcement because suspects think that they know better than experienced detectives. Jurors think that certain types of evidence need to be presented in order to convict them which makes it harder for the detectives and attorneys to keep the suspects off the streets. This CSI effect affects law enforcement because it puts a delay on the case. People do not realize that it is these detectives jobs to try and figure out what is really going and that they …show more content…
The courtroom is where all the rulings take place and depending on the case, there can be multiple court hearings. In these shows, there tend to be more action packed scenes than the more serious ones but in reality, more time is spent in the courtroom.
Many law enforcement personnel have claimed that watching forensic television programs has made jurors think that you need every piece of evidence to put someone in jail. The
most common reason as to why jurors believe that someone did not commit a crime is because there is no DNA evidence. In a lot of cases, criminals do not leave DNA evidence. The jurors expect the research laboratories to have the most advanced technology possible which cannot always be the case. Studies have suggested that these juror demands for scientific evidence are because of the advancements in both technology and information distribution. One similarity that exist between the county's forensic section and the labs seen on TV shows are that different investigators do sometimes go to crime scenes to take pictures and collect evidence with detectives for DNA tests. The major difference between the two is the instantaneous results
Professor Nawoichyk
Intro to Policing
The CSI Effect There has been a rise in interest in crime fighting television series’. People think that what they are watching on television is what happens in real life and get the wrong idea about how it really works. It affects law enforcement because suspects think that they know better than experienced detectives. Jurors think that certain types of evidence need to be presented in order to convict them which makes it harder for the detectives and attorneys to keep the suspects off the streets. This CSI effect affects law enforcement because it puts a delay on the case. People do not realize that it is these detectives jobs to try and figure out what is really going and that they …show more content…
The courtroom is where all the rulings take place and depending on the case, there can be multiple court hearings. In these shows, there tend to be more action packed scenes than the more serious ones but in reality, more time is spent in the courtroom.
Many law enforcement personnel have claimed that watching forensic television programs has made jurors think that you need every piece of evidence to put someone in jail. The
most common reason as to why jurors believe that someone did not commit a crime is because there is no DNA evidence. In a lot of cases, criminals do not leave DNA evidence. The jurors expect the research laboratories to have the most advanced technology possible which cannot always be the case. Studies have suggested that these juror demands for scientific evidence are because of the advancements in both technology and information distribution. One similarity that exist between the county's forensic section and the labs seen on TV shows are that different investigators do sometimes go to crime scenes to take pictures and collect evidence with detectives for DNA tests. The major difference between the two is the instantaneous results