CSI Effect
The phenomenon where the portrayal of forensic science on tv shows has affected the publics perceptions and expectations of real life forensic science.
What is the CSI effect?
Police Officers, Firefighters, and Paramedics/EMTs.
Who are the initial individuals who arrive at the scene of an emergency?
Help law enforcement solve crimes by examine physical evidence and providing expert testimony in court.
What is the purpose of Crime laboratories?
Created to assist in cases that extend beyond state and local jurisdictions.
What are the Four Major Crime Labs?
Motive behind the murder of Jack and Linda Myers.
What is land inheritance?
Misconceptions and unrealistic expectations of the public for forensic evidence.
What are the negative impacts of the CSI effect?
Address fire-related emergencies and ensure the saftey of the envrionment.
What are Firefighters?
Investigates discharged bullets, cartridge cases, shotgun shells, and ammunition
What is the Firearms Unit?
Has the largest crime lab in the world
What is the FBI?
Relationship of victims and murderer? (The Myers' Murders)
What is Son/Step-Son?
The positives associated with the general public's increase of knowledge in forensic science.
What is a general background of knowledge and or understanding the importance of forensic science?
Contaminated or lost evidence can hinder investigations and affect court outcomes.
What is the preservation of evidence?
Examines body fluids (blood, urine) and organs for the presence of drugs and poisons.
What is the Toxicology Unit?
Created to combat “an all-out global war on the drug menace.”
What is the DEA?
One of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies.
What is the USPIS?
An expert witness in forensic science
What is a solution to the CSI effect?
Time Constraints and Coordination
What are some of the challenges faced by First Responders?
Marks left at a crime scene not immediately visible to the naked eye.
What are Latent Fingerprints?
Roots can be traced back to the Prohibition
What is the ATF?
Evidence that tied Gregg Myers to the murders?
What are Latent Fingerprints?
Criminals erasing evidence from a crime scene and learning new ways to get away with crimes.
What is a positive of the CSI effect for criminals?
An important factor to consider when becoming a First Responder
What is the Emotional Impact of traumatic scenes?
the devices used to make a voice print.
What is a spectrograph?
The Acronym USPIS
What is the United Stated Postal Inspection Service?
A test individuals can fake.
What are Polygraphs?