The Importance Of Criminal Minds

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In a world filled with criminal shows on television, it is difficult to get an accurate idea of what it truly means to be a police officer or a detective. It seems easier to absorb the analysis they present and simultaneously solve the case; however, is that truly how it works? Criminal Minds is one of the most popular shows on television today. This is due to the way it portrays the FBI in their endless search for villains unfound and rampant. Law and Order portrays the entire process of find, justifying, and incriminating offenders. Another show similar to Law and order is 24. 24 goes through an entire day in one, twenty-four episode, season. It does this in great detail to show the audience how they arrived at conclusion of who was guilty. …show more content…

Criminal minds is the guiltiest of this type of exaggeration. The team of six occasionally seven individuals seem to be the only ones at the crime scene; again, in reality, There are anywhere between three to ten crime scene investigators. A few here and there for DNA, a few to take photos that encapsulate the crime scene, and a few to investigate the surrounding area and get witness …show more content…

Each new episode features a new murderer or a new serial criminal committing a different crime. It is simply unrealistic to believe that the team encounters a different case in every episode. Although it seems blatantly obvious now, thousands of viewers swallow the false information released by the show. The team flies out to a city and quickly begins its work trying to figure out who the criminal might be. They do their best to create a sort of “profile” for each new criminal, which includes an age, a height, a weight, and a personality type. They use the help of the public, to find and identify potential suspects. This in turn, engages the audience in the

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