Investigating CSI Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York

by Cortez, Donn; Wilson, Leah

• ISBN13: 9781932100938
• ISBN10: 1932100938
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-10
• Publisher: Smart Pop

Summary

This selection of smart, accessible essays coversCSI's cutting-edge science, intriguing mysteries, and engaging personal dynamics. Essays from experts in the field illuminate such processes as DNA testing, ballistics, crime-scene photography, and autopsy procedure. With pieces that focus on the leads' varying appeals, the history of forensics on television, the show's treatment of alternate sexualities, and whether the incredible attention to detail actually gives criminals an advantage, this anthology provides an in-depth investigation that enriches the viewing experience.

Author Biography

Donn Cortez is an author in the CSI: Miami tie-in book series as well as author of The Closer and The Man Burns Tonight. As Don DeBrandt, he is also the author of Angel: Shakedown, Steeldriver, and VI as well as a number of essays in the Smart Pop series. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

CSI: Carefully Scripted Introduction	1	(8)
Donn Cortez
The Reality of CSI: Miami	9	(10)
Christine Kruse-Feldstein
The CSI Effect	19	(20)
Rick Workman
Creating Criminal Masterminds	39	(14)
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
CSI-Generation Juries	53	(12)
Timothy M. Palmbach
Many Faces	65	(10)
Sharon L. Plotkin
The Majesty of Maggots	75	(10)
Elizabeth Engstrom
A Quest for Identity	85	(14)
Doranna Durgin
The Forensics of Fiction	99	(10)
Don DeBrandt
You Care Who Killed Roger Ackroyd	109	(8)
Nick Mamatas
Alimentary, My Dear Catherine	117	(14)
Bruce Bethke
CSI: Camera Slams Inside . . .	131	(14)
Adam Roberts
IQ, EQ, and SQ	145	(16)
Katherine Ramsland
All That Glitters	161	(14)
Janine Hiddlestone
Vegas Rules, Miami Often Stinks, and New York Is (Apparently) Sometimes Mostly Okay	175	(10)
Matthew Woodring Stover
CSI Episode Summaries	185
Elyse Dickenson