Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Research Paper-CSI Effect

My Research paper was on the C.S.I. Effect myth that originatad from television series such as BONES, CSI, ect, and its effect on the jury. At first i thought that it was real because i would think that people who watch these shows would believe that there is a large amount of technological advances in a crime lab and that there is evidence everywhere which leads for the jury to ask for more forensic evidence . However, i discovered that this is not completely true. I found that the jury will still convict a person of a "big" crime, such as rape or murder, even if there is no forensic evidence. They will, nevertheless, more likely ask for more forensic evidence in smaller crimes such as assault and burglaries.

There was some information on my topic, it had 9 journal articles available and one single book. However, i did research the history of the jury and forensic evidence. Overall, my paper was easy to write because there wasn't too much information or too little. The best advice i can give is: do your research early and narrow your topic as much as possible so that research can be easily done.

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