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Prosecutors can still question possible jurors about the “CSI effect,” the theory that jury members who have watched crime-based fictional television shows are less likely to convict without forensic ...

Much of the real work of crime forensic analysis in Illinois is handled by a series of six crime labs run by the Illinois State Police. Brenda Danosky is the forensic biology/DNA program manager for ...

One term for misconceptions that people have about forensic evidence is “the CSI effect,” referring to the idea that watching true crime shows makes jurors expect to see high-tech forensic evidence in ...

Law and order people call it “The CSI Effect.” We in the home audience have been so inundated with the micro-details of forensics since “CSI” changed the nature of crime stories in prime time that ...