1.Such programs give the impression that forensic laboratories are fully staffed with highly trained personnel, stocked with a full complement of state-of-the-art instrumentation and rolling in the resources to close every case in a timely fashion.
2.Whether the CSI effect truly exists as a quantifiable influence on courtroom behavior is still a subject of debate.
3.2005 Oregon district attorney Josh Marquis, vice president of the National District Attorneys Association, told CBS News, “Jurors now expect us to have a DNA test for just about every case. They expect us to have the most advanced technology possible, and they expect it to look like it does on television.”
4. But to argue that ‘C.S.I.’ and similar shows are actually raising the number of acquittals is a staggering claim, and the remarkable thing is that, speaking forensically, there is not a shred of evidence to back it up. There is a robust field of research on jury decision-making but no study finding any C.S.I. effect. There is only anecdotal evidence.”
5.The actors playing forensic personnel portrayed on television, for instance, are an amalgam of police officer/detective/forensic scientist—this job description does not exist in the real world.
6.University of Maryland forensic scientist Thomas Mauriello estimates that about 40 percent of the forensic science shown on CSI does not exist.
7.Similarly, working investigators cannot be quite as precise as their counterparts on the screen.
8.Police detectives who at one time might have gathered five pieces of evidence from a crime scene say they are collecting 50 to 400 today.
9. A consequence of the new trends, then, is exacerbation of the already disturbing backlog problem.
10.Another side effect of the increased gathering of physical evidence is the need to store it for various lengths of time, depending on local, state or federal laws.
11.Enrollment in forensic science educational programs across the U.S. is exploding.
12.Two thirds of forensic science laboratory management personnel are currently male, a figure sure to decrease as the newer women workers advance.
13.The best result of public interest in forensics, though, would be increased investment in forensics research.
This article, which I found it on Science American, is taking a multi-faceted approach in introducing “CSI effect”. The author confirms that CSI series, the most popular crime series, has caused some effects among our society. Here are five paragraphs summarize this article.
Firstly, CSI’s influence in the Courtroom.As result of the CSI series, now juries hoping prosecutors submit more DNA evidence to them, which they don’t know what time is right to use it. DNA evidence is hard to collected, moreover, it doesn’t exist. Also, the juries don’t understand its complexity. Since the jury rely more on DNA evidence, they doubt other evidence, such as witness, besides DNA. So some suspects are acquitted.The biggest problem of CSI series is they are too real. When it comes to reality, it is hard to recognize whether the plots on TV can also function. We should bear it in mind that CSI series’ ultimate goal is not to turn every audience into a detective after all.
Secondly, the truth about the detectives-it is impossible that one detective can be a detective, police and a forensic scientist at the same time. These occupations required different training and education. Besides, it is also impossible for these detectives pay a full attention on a case. They have numerous cases waiting for them. Finally, not all the portrait of technology machines is correct. Some machines are just fabricated. Even though some technologies are indeed exist; the searching speed and the range of evidence’s materials are not as perfect as they are on TV.Again, CSI’s ultimate goal is to entertain audience. It won't allow too much actors show on the screen or their identities confused. Also, it has to narrow down the required time of solving cases to approximately fifty minutes or the audience will tired. Of course the true required time is lengthy.
Thirdly, Labs are overloaded with cases.Owing to CSI, now the number of items which brought back by police detectives is ballooned. Along with demand for more DNA analysts, there also needs more space to defense evidence; some of them play an important role in old and cold cases. This new trend forces government face backlog problem, reflects serious lack in equipment, personnel and warehouse. If we decide to peruse the success CSI shows, we have to better our laboratories. CSI reminds us there are many reliable and fast ways to prove one’s innocent and guilty.
Fourthly, The demographics of forensic science has changed. Enrolment in forensic science departments is exploding. More and more students decide to major in them because they are crazy for CSI. On the other hand, due to some CSI’s characters are female, more women devote themselves to be one of crime lab’s employee.Originally, forensics science is not in vogue at all. Now an increasing number of people are eager to know about it. It reflects some unspoken willing of the general- they find a way to contribute themselves to crime investigation without being a real police or studying in law schools. We are all hope that” Justice has a long arm” can be realized.
Fifthly, to ensure public safety in a just manner.CSI let us know that some framed sentences can be avoided by technology. The evidence submitted by forensic science is reliable and integral. Laboratories need more funds from government to improve themselves, so they can help people with crime. However, the needed fund is affordable only to government. On the other hand, if there is a way which is sure to protect citizen’s safety, surely the government should think highly of it.
Do you post your first annotation here? Please look at the syllabus. See below.
回覆刪除For each particular article, you will provide links (not the full text) to the resources and note down keywords in sentences with English definitions. You will also write an evaluative summary and a critical analysis (no more than 500 words). The articles you read will help you see the issues and develop points of view. Introduce key terms and main ideas to the class during oral presentations.
As a big fan of the CSI TV series, I sometimes can't help but wonder that if all CSI's were so good at what they do, there wouldn't be any unsolved mysteries. Your annotation above written more like your issue paper, perhaps you can just put some analysis and critic on your information, that would be a better way to do your annotation.
回覆刪除You list the quotes that make it easier for readers to understand the
回覆刪除messages you want to convey to. Your subject is more serious because it
related to laws, crimes and courts, so it becomes very important for you to
paraphrase some proper nouns. For example, you can make an explanation
of “anecdotal evidence” to make it a clear meaning or most of us who are
not familiar with law can’t get the idea of this word. Your summarization here
is also listed. I think it is great that we can soon get the main idea from your
article.