Crime-show-viewing habits and public attitudes toward forensic evidence: The “csi effect” revisited

Justice System Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-113

  Baskin, Deborah R ^a   Sommers, Ira B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954474706     PISSN: 0098261X     EISSN: 23277556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0098261X.2010.10767956     Document Type: Article

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