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National Institute of Justice: The 'CSI Effect': Does It Really Exist

NIJ Journal Issue No. 259, March 2008: The ‘CSI Effect’: Does It Really Exist?

  • “Many attorneys, judges, and journalists have claimed that watching television programs like CSI has caused jurors to wrongfully acquit guilty defendants when no scientific evidence has been presented. The mass media quickly picked up on these complaints. This so-called effect was promptly dubbed the “CSI effect,” laying much of the blame on the popular television series and its progeny.”
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