Television can profoundly impact the way we view the world. As criminal justice becomes an even more popular theme for television series, experts are wondering how it effects our society’s perception of the real world criminal justice system.
The CSI Effect refers to the ability of popular television shows, such as the CSI franchise, to raise [...]
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The CSI Effect- Do TV Series Skew Our Perceptions of Forensic Science?
Interview with a Forensic Analyst
Jessica Gasbarino has been a Forensic GC/MS Analyst for four and a half years. GC/MS, or gas chromatography mass spectrometry, is a scientific method that is used to identify different substances within a test sample. It is commonly used for drug detection, fire investigation, environmental analysis, explosives investigation, and for identifying unknown samples. In some [...]