Television Crime Dramas: Fact & Fiction

II DFF TELEVISION CHANNEL CRIME DRAMAS FACT & FICTION THE CSI EFFECT "..THE EXAGGERATED PORTRAYAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCE ON CRIME TELEVISION SHOWS SUCH AS CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION INFLUENCES PUBLIC PERCEPTION." JURORS IN CRIMINAL CASES EXPECT THE PERFECTION THEY SEE ON TV ONA IS TYPICALLY ONLY M AN 80-90% MATCH 50-75% OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE IS TOO DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET FAR-FETCHED, FAKE & SCRIPTED SCIENCE THAT MISLEADS THE VIEWERS FINGERPRINTS FOUND PLASTER MOLDS OF WOUNDS INSTANT DNA TEST MATCHES ON BLADES OF GRASS TO DETERMINE MURDER WEAPON THAT ARE 100% CONCLUSIVE TV STATS SIX OUT OF THE TOP TEN AS OF JUNE 13th, 2011 TV SHOWS IN 2005 WERE THREE OUT OF THE TOP 31% CRIME DRAMAS FIVE BROADCAST TV SHOWS WERE CRIME OF AMERICANS OWN FOUR DRAMAS OR MORE TELEVISION SETS 60% 60% THE CSI EFFECT ON COLLEGE MAJORS RISE IN LAW-RELATEO UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS 1970-2008 4.000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 S00 70-71 75-76 80-81 85-86 90-91 95-96 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 LEGAL PROFESSION STUDIES ENROLLMENT DIVERSE FORENSIC-FOCUSED CAREERS FORENSIC FORENSIC FORENSIC BIOLOGIST ENGINEER TOXICOLOGIST BODILY FLUIDS FIRE INVESTIGATION .-- POISON BLOOD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ORUGS HAIR PATENT OISPUTES ALCOHOL INSECTS WRONGFUL OTHER HARMFUL INJURY DCLAIMS TOXINS PLANT B ANIMAL RIP REMAINS TAKING THE FACTS SERIOUSLY ! LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO FORENSIC CENTER CITIZEN CSI POLICE OFFER A CLASS TEACHING CITIZENS ABOUT THE CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF AUTHENTIC FORENSIC SCIENCE TECHNIQUES RISE IN CRIME DRAMA INTEREST MAY HAVE LED TO HELPING LA COUNTY GETTING THE NEW $102 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY SOURCES: JURORS & CRIME LAB STATS: http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Forensic-Evidence-Demands-Rise-as-TV.html http://news.discovery.com/human/the-csi-effect-how-tv-influences-true-crime.html CSI EFFECT & CITIZEN CSI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect TV STATS: http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/top10s.html LEGAL MAJORS: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_271.asp FOCUSED CAREERS: http://www.forensicscience.net/