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The C.S.I. Effect Paperback – September 5, 2006

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How do investigators get from crime to conviction?

For the astonishing answer, Ramsland covers the latest cutting-edge techniques in crime scene investigation. Inspired by episodes from the fact-based C.S.I. television franchise, she illustrates the use of computers and toxicology in forensics, explores interrogation strategies, and revisits history's most notorious crimes. And in considering the shows' locales - Las Vegas, New York, and Miami - Ramsland divulges ways in which crimes are dependent on location, climate, and population and discloses ways of solving them in the twenty-first century.

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    September 5, 2006
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0425211592
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0425211595
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When CSI: Crime Scene Investigation debuted on television in 2000, no one could have predicted the impact it would have on the legal system. "The C.S.I. Effect" is used to describe how CSI and its spin-offs and imitators have made members of a jury think they are experts on forensic science and investigation techniques. In her second CSI-related book, Ramsland expands upon the scientific and investigation procedures that viewers see on the show. Using real examples such as the BTK murders and the O. J. Simpson case as well as episodes from the three CSI shows, Ramsland analyzes the ways technology such as the Internet and DNA testing are revolutionizing the way law enforcement apprehends killers and obtains convictions. Ramsland also looks at how a case can get derailed when eyewitness testimony contradicts the physical evidence or when the handling of the evidence is called into question. A fascinating must-read for CSI fans and anyone interested in criminal justice. Kristine Huntley
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Katherine Ramsland began her career as a writer with Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice, and has since published 59 books, including the bestselling The Vampire Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. She holds graduate degrees in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, criminal justice, and philosophy. She teaches forensic psychology and criminal justice at DeSales University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (September 5, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 301 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425211592
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425211595
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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Katherine Ramsland began her career as a writer with "Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice." She had a bestseller with "The Vampire Companion." Since then, she has published 73 books and over 2,500 articles, reviews and short stories. She has also been an executive producer for "Murder House Flip" and "BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer." From ghosts to vampires to serial killers, she has taken on a variety of dark subjects. She holds graduate degrees in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, criminal justice, creative writing and philosophy. Currently, she teaches forensic psychology and criminal justice at DeSales University. Her books include "I Scream Man," "How to Catch a Killer", "Confession of a Serial Killer", "The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds", "The Mind of a Murderer", "The Serial Killer's Apprentice" and "The Human Predator: A Historical Chronicle of Serial Murder and Forensic Investigation". She speaks internationally about forensic psychology, forensic science, and serial murder, and has appeared on numerous documentaries, as well as The Today Show, 20/20, 48 Hours, Dr. Oz, Coast to Coast, Larry King Live and E! True Hollywood. Currently, she's working on a fiction series, The Nut Cracker Investigations, which features a female forensic psychologist who manages a PI agency. She also wrote a children's book with the horse she rides, "Sunny Says."

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  • Jill Clifford
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love crime stuff
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    Do not support this individual - her assessments are extremely inaccurate. She was probably brought up in a protected undoubtedly silver spoon childhood and has no clue what terrible and inhumane acts are brought on people generating them to become criminals. She thinks everyone has the ability to pull themselves out of this. She is a very ignorant person. Do not pad her pocket with your precious money!!
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  • Vernon J. Geberth
    5.0 out of 5 stars Author of Practical Homicide Investigation
    Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2007
    Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Ph. D. has authored an excellent treatise on the subject of The C.S.I. Effect Ramsland described the C.S.I. Effect as " The influence of popular crime shows on the culture, specifically with regard to possibly miseducating viewers who are potential jurors."

    Ramsland examines the consequences of a proliferation of forensic television programs and their effect on someone's perception of forensic science and the police investigative process. She covers the simulation and enhancement aspects of the CSI shows as well as computer forensics and digital data. Her chapters on forensic art, virtual autopsy and toxicology as well as DNA and court process along with specific cases illustrate the influence that forensic shows can have on the average person. The chapter on Psycho-logic, which demystifies the science of profiling and how the courts deal with this behavioral evidence, are explained using a case history format. Deviance and psychological oddities seem to catch the interest of the viewing public, and the forensic shows go out of their way to include such programming in their productions

    In The C.S.I. Effect, Ramsland presents a number of real-life cases, which were used in various forensic television programs. Of course in the television presentations of these real-life cases, the evidence is always discovered and the science is remarkably accurate.

    Ramsland summed it up as follows, "Thanks to these programs people on juries believe they know all about forensic science and investigation. They're wrong, but they don't know that, and their errors can impact the outcome of a case"
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  • Manjari Mukherjee
    1.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate Title, Terribly Unprofessional, and Poorly Written
    Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2007
    I am disgusted that this book was even thought to be fit for publishing. While writing a research paper on the C.S.I. Effect at Princeton, I was ecstatic to find a book on the subject. I submitted a special request to obtain the book, believing it would be a key resource in developing a paper of my own on the topic.

    Unfortunately, though Ramsland clearly knows what the C.S.I. Effect is (she defines it in her introduction,) she spends the majority of the book discussing forensic techniques scene in the television show. The C.S.I. effect is the phenomenon of an aritifical forensic knowledge impacting juror, criminal, and student decisions. This is NOT what this book is about.

    If you are interested in entering the field of forensics and want a detailed view of what forensic scientists actually do, this might be the book for you. However, along with not being about the C.S.I. Effect, the book is poorly written, difficult to read, and poorly published. You'd be better off googling for the same information.
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