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2 results foundAuthor: Owens, Emily Greene Title: Media and the Criminal Justice System Summary: People are influenced by what they see on television. With this in mind, legal scholars and criminal justice practitioners have begun to express concern that the discrepancy between how the justice system operates and how it is portrayed in popular media has hindered the system’s ability to function effectively. This interference has been coined the “CSI effect”; specifically, the use of forensic technology in crime dramas such as “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” has limited prosecutors’ ability to obtain a conviction without DNA or other forensic evidence. Combining data on television viewing habits, convictions in state and federal courts, and capacity measures of publically funded forensics labs, I present evidence that these anecdotal concerns have merit, although the CSI effect primarily affects conviction rates through plea bargaining. I estimate that on average, increases in CSI popularity were weakly correlated with increases in conviction rates in federal and state court. However, in jurisdictions with small or unproductive forensic labs, the direction of the effect reverses. Details: Unpublished paper, 2010. 41p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 26, 2013 at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1632396 Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1632396 Shelf Number: 127712 Keywords: Criminal ConvictionsMediaTelevision Dramas |
Author: Goldstein, Sarah Ashley Title: Not Your Average Criminal: Dexter, Weeds and The Sopranos, challenging traditional media portrayals Summary: The media and the criminal justice system are both prominent institutions in contemporary society. Research has explored both systems as independent and autonomous entities as well as the overlap between these two institutions. Both communications and criminological theories are examined to gain insight into the enjoyment of crime drama programming. A historical development of crime dramas is provided as a framework for understanding the traditional media portrayal of the criminal justice system and criminals. Using thematic content analysis three television programs Dexter, Weeds and The Sopranos are used to demonstrate a media shift that challenges the traditional portrayal of criminals and the criminal justice system. The reasons behind this shift as well as implications for popular culture are then explored. Details: Burnaby: Simon Fraser University, 2009. 168p. Source: Internet Resource: Thesis: Accessed September 28, 2017 at: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/9414 Year: 2009 Country: Canada URL: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/9414 Shelf Number: 131628 Keywords: Crime in Mass Media Mass Media and Criminal Justice Television Dramas |