October 1, 2013
Crime Fighting of the Future: It’s Closer Than You Think For most police officers, crime fighting isn’t really fighting at all, it’s responding. Officers of today typically respond to calls of crimes that have already occurred. Few officers are lucky enough to learn about the plans of law-breakers and stop them in their tracks. As […]
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February 14, 2013
How Crime Television Is Affecting Our Juries U.S. News and World Report attribute CSI’s ability to garner 60 million viewers to the “sexy, fast, and remarkably certain” presentation of how science works in the crime field. According to Psychology Professor Tom Tyler, the most significant effect of crime shows like C.S.I. has been a higher […]
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