Features - Getting a Grip on the CSI Effect: The National
Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law at Stetson
UniversitBy Diana Botluk and Brittan Mitchell, Published on May
15, 2005 Diana Botluk is the Director of Research at the
National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law at
Stetson University College of Law, and author of The Legal List:
Research on the Internet. Brittan Mitchell is a Law and Science
Fellow at the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and
the Law at Stetson University College of Law, and supervises its
pro bono research program at Stetson. Can you really solve a
crime in an hour while not messing up your hair or designer
suit? Do forensic technicians drive Hummers to crime scenes? Can
a prosecutor still try a case when forensic scientists can’t
discover that rare element in the trace evidence that eliminates
all suspects but one? For an interesting account of this
phenomenon, turn to the April 25, 2005, U.S. News & World Report
article The CSI Effect, by Ki