Mar 16, 2008 · Many attorneys, judges, and journalists have claimed that watching television programs like CSI has caused jurors to wrongfully acquit guilty defendants when no scientific …

Aug 17, 2025 · The CSI Effect refers to the belief that jurors, influenced by popular media, develop unrealistic expectations about forensic evidence in criminal trials. Jurors may …

The CSI effect is a supposed shift in the attitudes of jurors due to the exaggerated portrayal of forensic science on television shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which …

The “CSI Effect” has been described as a phenomenon in which the viewing of crime and forensic based television shows affects the decisions made by jurors in a trial (Kim, Barak, & Shelton, …

Jan 25, 2017 · What is the CSI effect? The term was coined after the long-running television show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The CSI effect is prosecutors’ belief that crime …

The CSI effect put simply is the belief that television crime shows are effecting decisions made in the court rooms from jurors. Prosecutors and Judges believe that shows such as CSI are …

May 2, 2016 · The term CSI effect is regularly used as an umbrella for several hypotheses concerning the rising popularity of television shows about forensic investigators (i.e., forensic …

Prosecutors and members of law enforcement have complained that television shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation have cultivated in jurors’ unreasonable expectations about …

The CSI effect refers to television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Law & Order, and 48 Hours Mystery, and the impact they have on jurors. It is said that jurors who watch these …

The CSI effect refers to the belief that jurors’ expectations about forensic evidence at trial are changing due to the popularity of crime investigation programming such as CBS’s CSI: Crime …