Someone Studied The Effects Of Watching Crime Shows. The Results Aren't Surprising.

Popular TV shows can influence the public's perception about how certain things really work, and one great example of this is the "CSI effect." It's a belief held among judges, attorneys, and people who work law-enforcement that watching crime television dramas can cause jurors to have unrealistic expectations of the forensic evidence needed to convict defendant of crimes -- namely, that more is needed. Other viewers assume that watching these shows may even help someone get away with committing a crime, but as a recent study found, that isn't true. A team of psychologists at Johannes Gutenberg University conducted four...

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