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THE CSI EFFECT
By: Dixie Mitter
A few weeks to several
months.
A couple days
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PROCESS DNA?
Real TV Shows
In a television show a toxicology result comes up when it is convenient. But in real life it takes months for it to come through, juries tend to be thrown off because it is hard to believe a test is accurate if it takes so long to process.
5- 10 percent of all
criminal cases have
forensic evidence that
can be subjected to DNA
testing.
All of the cases on the
television shows have
forensic evidence that
can be subjected to DNA
testing.
HOW OFTEN DO FORENSIC EXPERTS FIND USEABLE
EVIDENCE AT A CRIME SCENE?
Real Life TV Shows
30% of cases have
DNA that can be tied to
the case at hand.
100% of the time!
HOW OFTEN ARE FORENSIC TESTS
CONCLUSIVE?
Real life TV Shows
At most crime scenes there is little to no usable forensic evidence.
As of 2006 it has 3.3
Million DNA samples
from convicted
offenders.
Total population in the
US 312 million people.
HOW BIG IS C.O.D.I.S?C O M B I N E D D N A I N D E X S Y S T E M
Real life Fact
DISSEMINATION!!!
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