Media and criminal justice : the CSI effect

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Title:

Author:

Stevens, Dennis J.

ISBN:

9780763755317

Personal Author:

Stevens, Dennis J.

Publication Information:

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2010.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

The media and the CSI craze -- Motion pictures, popular television dramas, news reports -- Wars on crime and junkies -- Wars on sex offenders and poverty -- Terrorism and the war on immigrants -- Crime scene investigations, forensics, and junk science -- Prosecutors -- Wrongful convictions -- The death penalty -- Methodology and findings -- Recommendations to reduce wrongful convictions and eliminate capital punishment.

Subject Term:

Mass media and criminal justice -- United States.

Mass media and criminal justice.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.

Mass media -- Influence.

Geographic Term:

345.73/05.

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Summary

Media and Criminal Justice: The CSI Effect illustrates how media coverage and television programs inform the public's perception of criminal justice. The CSI Effect can be characterized as the phenomenon whereby fiction is mistaken for reality and the assumption that all criminal cases can be solved through the employment of hi-tech forensic science such as crime scene investigation and DNA testing as depcited on television crime shows. This text provides broad, balanced, and comprehensive coverage of timely events in CSI, prosecutors, and wrongful convictions. The author explores some common misconceptions and helps readers towards a critical analysis of the information they see in the media and entertainment.