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Forensic Fact vs. Fiction

Inside the FBI

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Introduction

The CSI effect refers to the way that television depictions of crime scene investigations shape people's views of what kinds of evidence can be collected from a crime scene. On this episode, we'll explain the CSI effect and then let evidence response team members and forensic experts set the record straight about what your favorite crime show likely got wrong. We'll also walk through what it's really like when ERT's use science to process crime scenes.

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