Article 1: Hayden,T.(2010). Straining our resources.National Geographic EarthPulse State of the Earth 2010. Retrieved from http://earthpulse.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/straining-resources-text. In this article Heyden indicated that consuming natural resources and fossil fuel immoderately will cause different problems, including air pollution, climate change, disruption of ecological balance and so on. The author hoped we can focus on this topic more, and had a deeper reflection of using resources excessively nowadays. Heyden stated some statistics to show us that solving this matter was no time to lose, for instance, there were having ten percent of the large fish in the seas had disappeared because of over fishing.He used different aspects to tell the readers how serious of our situation we had,furthermore, he disproved that although resources can benefit our economic growth and global commerce could be enormous,it will also lead to the disastrous consequences,so it made the essay being more comprehensive. Due to our increasing population and …show more content…
This article pointed out how CSI effect affected our thinking of forensic science and taught us to know the real of it.Nowadays, due to the popularity of the forensic science TV shows, many forensic classes was held at America’s high schools, although this could increase the students interest in science, it would have a chance to cause a phenomenon called “CSI effect” and it would mislead the public,for example,the non-science majors students of how forensic science actually worked,also some inaccurate manner of forensic science would be taught in the classes.Therefore, the author used her personal experience to provide same serval suggestions to avoid the CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was introduced to viewers in October 2000. Since that time, the franchise has added two versions in major metropolitan areas, now addressing crime scenarios in Las Vegas, Miami and New York City. Based on the most recent Nielsen ratings for primetime television shows, the CSI franchise claimed approximately 35 million viewers during the 2010 – 2011 viewing season. The popularity of forensic science drama on television has led officers of the court to voice opinions that there is a “CSI effect” which alters the juror pools and outcomes of criminal trial proceedings. The differences between made for television fiction and actual crime solving are many and when jurors consider themselves pseudo-experts those lines may get blurred in the courtroom.
Schweitzer, N. J., and Michael J. Saks. "The CSI Effect: Popular Fiction About Forensic Science
I began this year considering a career in forensics. After delving into the field in detail however, I see that it is a very delicate science and easily open to misinterpretation. There are many variables within forensics, the first and foremost being that of the CSI effect and how it influences our expectations of the capabilities of forensic science. While it's true that great advances have been made in the area of forensic science, it's unrealistic to expect a crime scene to be processed, evidence analyzed and a conclusive forensics report to be completed in a short time and be completely accurate 100% of the time. Forensic science has a lot of room for improvement, and understanding if, how, and why shows like CSI affect the field is of high priority. After all, this is real life and not a TV show.
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Criminal Justice School Guide (CJSG). "The CSI Effect- Do TV Series Skew Our Perceptions of Forensic
Hundreds across the nation watch forensic shows every day. From fictional shows similar to Criminal Minds and CSI, to nonfictional shows such as The First 48 and Forensic Files. However, these shows have something in common. Criminological programs continuously show how the crime happened, what it takes to crack the case, how investigators accumulate evidence, a...
...t is reported that the results are produced by the CSI effect, not only in the United States, also in Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany. Although forensic courses have become more popular, which means more people will choose to enter the crime room to work, some people worry that these programs did not let the students fully prepared to work on actual evidence (Police). After graduation, these students often cannot firmly grasp the basic scientific principles. Many forensic science students saw the simplified procedure in learning and came to a too clear conclusion, which could lead to their biased perception of forensic science (Bergslien). Some police tried to improve the science literacy of these future forensic and jurors and trained them into "CSI citizens" by letting local citizens become familiar with the "real forensic capabilities and limitations".
In recent years, however, such programs as CSI that follows detectives at the Las Vegas Police Department Crime Scene Investigations Bureau as they solve puzzles and catch criminals. Perhaps one of the most well known shows with a forensic psychology theme, CSI has a large impact on viewers perceptions of forensic psychology. On one hand, the increased popularity of forensic psychology because of the show is good and more people are taking an interest in forensic psychology as a career. On the other hand, the forensic psychology that viewers see every week on television may not be exactly the same as forensic psychology in reality. Particularly programs such as CSI also overstate the ability of “hard” evidence (also known as forensic evidence), such as fingerprints and DNA, to provide evidence of definite innocence or guilt (Trask, 2007). They often disregard other components of the investigative process, such as police questioning, despite these being equally valid to establishing guilt (Nolan, 2006). This over-reliance on forensic evidence, due to the importance of forensic science being dramatized by television crime dramas, is also known as the CSI
In my opinion, I believe that it is not appropriate to represent forensic science practice in the media. After all, it is all fiction. According to Kim and Barak after their jury survey that have found out that “jurors were more likely to find a defendant guilty than not guilty even without scientific evidence, if the victim or other witnesses testified, except in the case of rape. If the prosecutor relied on circumstantial evidence, the prospective jurors said they would demand some kind of scientific evidence, before they would return guilty verdict” (Shelton, 2008). Jurors depend quite often on scientific evidence which is not always present, hence 40% of science on CSI does not exist in real life. This is evident in the episode when the
Forensic Science, recognized as Forensics, is the solicitation of science to law to understand evidences for crime investigation. Forensic scientists are investigators that collect evidences at the crime scene and analyse it uses technology to reveal scientific evidence in a range of fields. Physical evidence are included things that can be seen, whether with the naked eye or through the use of magnification or other analytical tools. Some of this evidence is categorized as impression evidence2.In this report I’ll determine the areas of forensic science that are relevant to particular investigation and setting out in what method the forensic science procedures I have recognized that would be useful for the particular crime scene.
But as we know with the inclination in overpopulation our natural resources are also declining day by day. But how the population growth is leading to the surge in the depletion of natural resources, to feed more and more people more land is brought under agriculture by cutting trees. This, in turn, will lead to the depletion of wildlife. In addition to this, population growth is causing a strain on the resources of land, electricity, transport etc. To meet the increasing consumption of electricity in homes, industries and markets, thermal power plants are using up the coal reserves.
As far back as 1832, James Marsh was the first to use forensics at trial to give evidence as a chemist in 1832. Since that time forensic science and evidence has come a long way in various ways and technology to help in determine if the suspect is guilt or not, through such things as DNA testing, blood, and fingerprints. The first forensic police crime lab was created in 1910. The contributions of Dr. Edmond Locard, a French scientist and criminologist, proposed that “everything leaves a trace”. This principle is still valid today as it was so many years ago. No matter how small, the specialized trained technicians and investigators can take these methods and go to a crime scene to get evidence. “Forensic science is the application of sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, computer science and engineering to matters of law.” (Office of Justice, 2017) These different sciences can help achieve and assist in solving a case. Forensic science has also the ability to prove that a crime was committed, it can find the elements of the crime, it can help place the suspect at the scene and whether the suspect had any contact with the victim. However, in the last several years the techniques and with the use of technology the evidence that forensic science uncovers can also exonerate an innocent individual who has been falsely accused of the
The film concentrates closely into the many ways in which humans affect the environment for the simple gain of resource’s and material goods from destroying the forest for land use and raw material to polluting the environment from dumping the melted iron
“The word ‘forensics’ means “connected with the courtroom”; so forensic science is, therefore, concerned with gathering hard evidence that can be presented in a trial” (Innes 9). Forensic science is a science that is applied specifically to legal matters, whether criminal or civil. “Few areas in the realm of science are as widespread and important as forensic science” (Hunter 12). Forensics is the one science that is most commonly used in everyday life. It is also a branch of science that incorporates other branches of science such as biology, chemistry, and etc. Since it is used almost every day “No one can dispute the importance of the contributions to society made by forensic science; the ability to solve crime is undeniably important” (Hunter 13). Forensic science has given criminal investigation a new edge. “Advances in science have opened the door for more effective evidence discovery, howev...
Other methods such as hydroelectricity, using more timber in architecture to sequester carbon, wind energy instead of modern high polluting techniques to help enhance our environment. There are various systems in handling population rates and the various issues that connect with threatening our environment. The population and environment debate will forever be a back and forth problem because there is possibly no way to completely stop carbon emissions but ease its production. To help the environment, we must incorporate all potential solutions in governing population such as family planning and governmental involvement and practice renewable resources and stop using nonrenewable resources, as well as ways to tackle overconsumption to support our corrupt environment.