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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