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...

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