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What problems do you think the CSI effect has on the criminal justice system?

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Answer:The term was coined after the long-running television show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The CSI effect is prosecutors' belief that crime programs are skewing jurors' courtroom expectations, ultimately making it more difficult to win their cases and convict defendants.

This effect also influences jurors to have unrealistic expectations of forensic science during a criminal trial and affect jurors' decisions in the conviction or acquittal process.

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