FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arthur Conan Doyle, Forensic Pathology, Csi Effect
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1. media impacting criminal justice system and crime scene investigation i. News headlines ii. social media: before the csi craze, sir arthur conan doyle i. sherlock holmes ii. Foresight into future forensic techniques b. perry mason i. Walking dead informed youth on plan b med: csi tv myths. But does incite motivation to get the tech to behave that way i. secret detection: real life/real cases. Turning point of publics readiness for trial and murder: impact of csi effect, degree of csie is not agreed upon a. Too much credit given to a medium to shape/effect society as much? b. Consider impact on education, court system, crime labs ad scene. Come to your own conclusions as to the degree to which it exists a. Tell juries what kind of evidence they can expect to see during trial. Set the expectation so juries are prepared and not left wanting more. Explain absence of evidence, or why not introduced.
