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Television and film script writers have gained from crime and courtroom proceedings for many years. The use of the courtroom as a drama channel has significantly changed in the recent years among media options. The use of the courtroom as the basic source of drama action among these media houses has increased and changed focus from sheer creative imagination to real life cases. Indeed, many courtroom dramas today are based on real life cases. There is an increasing thin line between reality and drama. TV shows such as American Justice, 48 hours Mystery and Dateline NBC present dramas that are based on real life cases, with heavy editing and incorporating narration for the dramatic effect, of the original details but the storyline is retained. Irrespective of the nature; whether the courtroom dramas are pure fiction or edited versions of the real, most courtroom dramas today make use of new science and technology to deal with crime incidents. Indeed, Crime Scene Investigation is touted as the most impressive TV show. Indeed, according to a rating done in 2006, forensic drama shows drew over 1000 million viewers (Cole & Dioso-Villa, 2007). This discussion seeks to establish the effect of CSI on criminal justice system. The paper reviews previous literature on the subject.
One of the judges summarized by stating that some trials over the past several years have seen defendants take advantage of the CSI effect by questioning witnesses about tests that were not conducted and arguing in the closing arguments that failing to run such tests provides reasonable doubt. They are strategically taking advantage of a different set of proof threshold that some jurors come into the courtroom aware of in the recent days. One cannot ignore the effect of CSI. Although it doesn't mean that the court finds existence of CSI effect on its rulings, it points that the possibility of its effect cannot be wished away (State v. Cooke, 2007).
The above claims are serious. If they are true, they cast aspersion on the ability of the courts to dispense justice fairly. Judges are, therefore expected to take the lead to remedy the situation because they are the court administrators and producers of trial in the judicial system. Such measures may be grave and even controversial because they may challenge some valued and established practices of the system of trial by jury in the American Justice system. Judges may change these practices with utmost caution.
CSI Effect & Changes in Public Perception In the 21st century, from the average person to the media expert or professional, people are aware of the affects media has on culture. In the late 20th century, it was very popular for experts to blame certain kinds of music and certain kinds of film and television programming for the increasing acts of violence perpetuated by youth in America and around the world.
CSI Effect The American justice system today is set up in such a way that no criminal can be convicted if reasonable doubt exists regarding the crime. This is particularly important when considering severe crimes such as murder or grand theft. A recent phenomenon that has created a stir in courtrooms, and especially among prosecutors, is the so-called "CSI Effect," which means that a public constantly bombarded by shows such as
CSI Effect and Public Perception Forensic Science Forensic science is an umbrella term that includes a number of techniques designed to answer scientific questions within a legal environment. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries this may include the collection of trace elements from a crime scene, analysis and reconstruction of bones and/or faces, use of teeth to identify remains, crime scene analysis and one of the most popular for the
CSI Effect in Criminal Forensics It has long been suspected that the scenes, stories and situations people are exposed to through the medium of television can eventually distort their view of reality. Phenomena such as the desensitization to violence exhibited by children who watch hours of cartoon combat daily, or the shifting sense of body image experienced by women who only see slim, attractive models on screen serve to confirm
CSI and Reality TV effects Media has been used fro quite a long time to influence the perspective of the public. This was a major tool that was employed during the cold war to influence the perspective of nations towards the west with the view that those that inclined to the western countries enjoyed a relatively higher sense of freedom. It is still a large debate whether the CSI and such like
CSI, and its offshoots, CSI: Miami, and CSI: New York are popular American television dramas. The premier of the show was in 2000, and since then, interest in forensics, forensic science, and criminal justice in general has increased noticeably. The effects are evident not only in the United States, but also in other countries. In one university in the United Kingdom, forensic science is now the number one major on