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Rating:  -
I am disgusted that this book was even thought to be fit for publishing. While writing a research paper on the C.S.I. Effect at Princeton, I was ecstatic to find a book on the subject. I submitted a special request to obtain the book, believing it would be a key resource in developing a paper of my own on the topic.
Unfortunately, though Ramsland clearly knows what the C.S.I. Effect is (she defines it in her introduction,) she spends the majority of the book discussing forensic techniques scene in the television show. The C.S.I. effect is the phenomenon of an aritifical forensic knowledge impacting juror, criminal, and student decisions. This is NOT what this book is about.
If you are interested in entering the field of forensics and want a detailed view of what forensic scientists actually do, this might be the book for you. However, along with not being about the C.S.I. Effect, the book is poorly written, difficult to read, and poorly published. You'd be better off googling for the same information.
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Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Ph. D. has authored an excellent treatise on the subject of The C.S.I. Effect Ramsland described the C.S.I. Effect as " The influence of popular crime shows on the culture, specifically with regard to possibly miseducating viewers who are potential jurors."
Ramsland examines the consequences of a proliferation of forensic television programs and their effect on someone's perception of forensic science and the police investigative process. She covers the simulation and enhancement aspects of the CSI shows as well as computer forensics and digital data. Her chapters on forensic art, virtual autopsy and toxicology as well as DNA and court process along with specific cases illustrate the influence that forensic shows can have on the average person. The chapter on Psycho-logic, which demystifies the science of profiling and how the courts deal with this behavioral evidence, are explained using a case history format. Deviance and psychological oddities seem to catch the interest of the viewing public, and the forensic shows go out of their way to include such programming in their productions
In The C.S.I. Effect, Ramsland presents a number of real-life cases, which were used in various forensic television programs. Of course in the television presentations of these real-life cases, the evidence is always discovered and the science is remarkably accurate.
Ramsland summed it up as follows, "Thanks to these programs people on juries believe they know all about forensic science and investigation. They're wrong, but they don't know that, and their errors can impact the outcome of a case"
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