2007-08-06 06:25:36 · 7 answers · asked by mayra91977 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
In a law book it is 100% the truth. You learn you're rights, and elements to a crime for the jurisdiction that you live. CSI is entertainment. A murder is rarely solved within an hour, fingerprints take weeks to come back with a match or no match, you don't whack people when you interrogate them, and not every suspect is DNA profiled.
2007-08-06 11:58:44 · answer #1 · answered by plutarian04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bah.
Judge Judy is a wiseass yenta, and half the time she makes up her own laws. Any real-life judge who would act the way she does would have gotten tossed off then bench long ago. Now if you watch some old episodes of the original People's Court with Joe Wapner, that can be a bit more educational because he conducted his TV courtroom and acted the exact same way on camera as he did back when he used to work as a real judge.
2007-08-06 10:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a law book contains more information than you will get out of watching CSI or Judge Judy. At least for the latter, the cases and people are real. CSI is just made up drama.
2007-08-06 06:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by civil_av8r 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because CSI deals with forensic investigation, not necessarily with the legal issues. And Judge Judy (and similar shows) are arbitrations -- they don't directly analyze and apply any particular set of laws, they just go on an overall "fairness" metric.
Law books deal with the law.
2007-08-06 06:32:48 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because a law book will discuss the actual law. TV shows aren't totally real just based on something real. Judge shows are somewhere between a real court room (law is real but you don't get any details) and a talk show.
2007-08-06 06:44:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some of the trash you see on CSI is not reality, it is fiction. Talk to a real criminologist, or prosecutor and they will tell you the same thing.
2007-08-06 08:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to tell ya the truth, maybe it's just me, but i don't watch CSI for an education. if i wanted to learn law i'd go back to school.
2007-08-06 06:37:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋