Popular fiction about forensic science affects the public’s expectations about real forensic science. ” jurimetrics, vol. 3, spring 2007, pp. Prosecutors and members of law enforcement have complained that television shows such as csi: Crime scene investigation have cultivated in jurors’ unreasonable expectations about forensic evidence, specifically that jurors require definitive. — the csi effect posits that exposure to television programs that portray forensic science (e. g. , csi: Crime scene investigation) can change the way jurors evaluate forensic evidence. In concrete terms, the “moral authority effect” of csi is seen as being able to create more public support for the expansion of dna databases and more intensive use of forensic technologies to catch criminals (cutter 2006, brewer and ley 2009, innes and clarke 2009), while also reinforcing punitive visions and surveillance by highlighting the be. — we review (1) the theory behind the csi effect, (2) the perception of the effect among legal actors, (3) the academic treatment of the effect, and (4) how courts have dealt with the effect. Proliferation of fictional and police procedural television and other media shows. It was a simple, open and shut case. The drugs were found in the locked room, right next to the suspect’s pager. — juries might be compromised by inflated expectations with regard to forensic evidence, leading to a higher number of acquittals than there would be without forensic television dramas. This was dubbed the csi effect, after the popular.
