Csi Effect
CSI Effect
Abstract
Crime in America is increasing rapidly and many techniques have been created over the years in order to solve major crimes. Forensics science is one of the many techniques that have been created. Forensics is the use of science and technology to investigate and establish facts in criminal courts of law (free-dictionary, n.d). But there is an upcoming issue which involves the exaggerated details of forensics science. This paper explores the CSI Effect, compares and contrasts criminalistics which involves the nature of the crime and criminology which is the study of the criminal behavior, explores how criminalistics and criminology is fictionally portrayed in the media and how the CSI Effect influences the public and impacts actual criminal justice.
Forensics is the application of science to find clues and solve crimes. There are many areas of forensics such as: forensic toxicology, genetic fingerprinting, and forensic pathology. Most of the forensic scientists are investigators that pick up clues at the crime scene. Criminals usually leave behind evidence that allow an investigator to track them (MegaEssays, 2011). This all contributes to the criminalistics aspects of forensics. Criminalistics is the recognition, identification, and the evaluation of physical evidence by applying the laws of science and natural science (WriteWork, 2004). They identify physical evidence and find its origin. Criminalistics differs greatly from the criminology aspect of forensic because criminology deals with the relationship between the criminal and society. It comes up with theories to explain how society functions with crime; it is possible for individuals to understand some different stances on how crime is created in a society and how a society may influence an individual's decision to commit a particular crime (ArticlesBase, 2010). In today’s society there are many TV shows which capture and get into the minds of its viewers. They reel you in, in
Abstract
Crime in America is increasing rapidly and many techniques have been created over the years in order to solve major crimes. Forensics science is one of the many techniques that have been created. Forensics is the use of science and technology to investigate and establish facts in criminal courts of law (free-dictionary, n.d). But there is an upcoming issue which involves the exaggerated details of forensics science. This paper explores the CSI Effect, compares and contrasts criminalistics which involves the nature of the crime and criminology which is the study of the criminal behavior, explores how criminalistics and criminology is fictionally portrayed in the media and how the CSI Effect influences the public and impacts actual criminal justice.
Forensics is the application of science to find clues and solve crimes. There are many areas of forensics such as: forensic toxicology, genetic fingerprinting, and forensic pathology. Most of the forensic scientists are investigators that pick up clues at the crime scene. Criminals usually leave behind evidence that allow an investigator to track them (MegaEssays, 2011). This all contributes to the criminalistics aspects of forensics. Criminalistics is the recognition, identification, and the evaluation of physical evidence by applying the laws of science and natural science (WriteWork, 2004). They identify physical evidence and find its origin. Criminalistics differs greatly from the criminology aspect of forensic because criminology deals with the relationship between the criminal and society. It comes up with theories to explain how society functions with crime; it is possible for individuals to understand some different stances on how crime is created in a society and how a society may influence an individual's decision to commit a particular crime (ArticlesBase, 2010). In today’s society there are many TV shows which capture and get into the minds of its viewers. They reel you in, in
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