Embracing the CSI Effect
You’ve heard of the CSI Effect, right? It’s that expectation in today’s juror’s minds that crimes will be presented to them in the same slick, overproduced way that TV cop shows like CSI do it. In fact, prosecutors are starting to recognize that in close cases, the side with the sexiest technology is often the winner.
It might not be long before jurors start getting what they expect. With a combination of new and old technologies, police and prosecutors are getting closer to being able to reproduce 3D digital images of the crime scenes with astonishing detail.
The old technology at work here is something that land surveyors have been using for years. If you’ve ever seeing them at work, you’ve seen surveyors peering through some sort of contraption atop a tripod. The machines they use today are called total stations and they can measure distances and angles with remarkable accuracy. Total stations, when used with a computer, can produce a 3D recreation of whatever it’s looking at, in this case, a crime scene.
It might be a while before jurors are treated to slow motion images of poison entering the blood stream or video, complete with haunting music, of the victim’s last poignant moments, but 3D images of the crime scene, besides being way cool, can go a long way to giving them an understanding of the crime.
And who knows, “Land Surveyors: Miami” may just show up on NBC’s line up this fall.
It might not be long before jurors start getting what they expect. With a combination of new and old technologies, police and prosecutors are getting closer to being able to reproduce 3D digital images of the crime scenes with astonishing detail.
The old technology at work here is something that land surveyors have been using for years. If you’ve ever seeing them at work, you’ve seen surveyors peering through some sort of contraption atop a tripod. The machines they use today are called total stations and they can measure distances and angles with remarkable accuracy. Total stations, when used with a computer, can produce a 3D recreation of whatever it’s looking at, in this case, a crime scene.
It might be a while before jurors are treated to slow motion images of poison entering the blood stream or video, complete with haunting music, of the victim’s last poignant moments, but 3D images of the crime scene, besides being way cool, can go a long way to giving them an understanding of the crime.
And who knows, “Land Surveyors: Miami” may just show up on NBC’s line up this fall.
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