FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Forensic Pathology, Voir Dire, Death Of Caylee Anthony
Document Summary
Winter 2018: media impact, media impacting criminal justice system and crime scene investigation, news headlines. Foresight into future forensic techniques: perry mason, perception of court system, quincy m. e. Forensic pathology: the csi juggernaut, csi first aired on october 6, 2000. I5 seasons, over 350 episodes: at one point had average viewing audience of 9 million people, csi: miami, csi: ny, csi cyber, other primetime shows, criminal minds, sherlock, bones, etc. "infotainment: highly stylized, edited, and formatted, made to appear informative and realistic, popularity --> effect on society, csi tv myths, sometimes technologies displayed do not exist, as much as 40% of science on csi doesn"t exist. If exists, does in ways only wished were true: time needed, provide more ambiguous answers than displayed. "match: how chemical and materials actually behave. Injury molds soft tissue: developmental stage of certain technology. Scent detection: hybrid role of investigators, where they do everything.
