CSI

          

            According to International Business Times, the "CSI Las Vegas" team investigated a case involving a murder in an alley. Along with the victim they also found another body and although it had real blood and hair in it, it wasn’t human. It turns out the stab wounds on the victim’s body matches the marks on the plastic body. The team concluded that the victim was wearing the plastic body with the human blood in it. It turned out to be that the victim was wearing the woman’s body made of rubber. Remnants of gold nail polish and a nail file that the forensic team finds in both the victim and the rubber woman lead to a suspect who confesses to the murder.

            We could say the “hero” of the episode is once again the forensic team. They find remnants of gold nail polish and a nail file and that is the piece that was missing leading to the murderer. As Cavender and Deutsch’s analysis say, During the program, the CSI team is depicted examining crime scenes, securing evidence, conducting lab experiments, interviewing witnesses and suspects, and, ultimately, using forensic science to solve crimes. According to Cavender and Deutsch, CSI focus on forensics makes the TV show unique, but the success of the show and its spin-offs also reflects the long-term popularity of the specific genre, which is crime genre. Forensic science blends with policing to promote the legitimacy of both spheres, according to Cavender and Deutsch. During the whole episode, the forensic unit is portrayed as a smooth-running organization, where all the characters work together as a team in eventually resolve the case. According to Cavender and Deutsch, it is really important the producers make sure they are constructing a sense of science that appears to be accurate and decisive to convince the audience of the show’s forensic realism.
            According to Cavender and Deutsch, two important institutions – policing and science – stand somewhat discredited today. As a result of continuing revelations about wrongful convictions or the FBI’s failure to process evidence that might have prevented the attacks on September 11, 2001 the police have lost some of the moral authority that is necessary for their legitimacy in a democratic society. And the certainty that science traditionally has been promised as a solution to problems caused by ignorance or disease is lacking today. Cavender and Deutsch suggest that in this situation where the moral authority of policing and science seems to be lacking, CSI offers surety and certainty, and that this, in part, is why the program is so successful.