Read: Huey, L. (April 2010). 'I've Seen This on CSI.: Criminal Investigators' Perceptions About the Management of Public Expectations in the Field. Crime, Media, Culture 6(1), 49-68. (19 pages, 0200) Watch the CSI "highlight" video on YouTube: www.youtube.corniwatch,v=5G8jX61jMN . Armed with the information you learned from the book, PowerPoints, and the assigned journal article on how actual criminal investigations are conducted, discuss what CSI got wrong about criminal investigations (based 09 >98 clip). (1) Compare and contrast how CSI solves cases inreal life versus how cases are solved on television. (2) Discuss the major problems with "Crime Time" TV with particular emphasis on jury pool perceptions. (3) Finally, compare and contrast the investigation process and the role of the investigators in CSI and in actual criminal investigations.
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