SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Strict Constructionism, Moral Panic, Innocent Victims
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The csi effect changed the science of crime and expected that to spill out into the real world. Perceptions & outcomes: canadians watch 22 hrs of tv each week, has an impact, pop cultural affects outcomes and perceptions, affects victims. Legal changes: academically, unrealistic expectation the public ahs regarding forensic science and what it can accomplish form watching tv shows. Idea that science is exact and there are no human errors. The evidence never lies: job duties. Can do everything collect things at the scene and do work in the laboratory. Reality all done by separate people: equipment & training. Myth have everything (all technology and equipment) Some of the producers admitted that the technology they use doesn"t exist or isn"t actually used in real cases. They made it up and made it believable: tests. Can test everything because time and money doesn"t matter. Do them in batches, not one at a time: suspect confessions.
