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Real-Life Forensic Science - Popular Mechanics
Programs like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation--a regular atop the Nielsen ratings--have put the formerly obscure field of forensics at center stage. Since the prime-time drama exploded on the small screen during the 2000-2001 season, universities have been turning out ever-bigger crops of crime-fighting scientists. In 2000, the forensic program at West Virginia University (WVU) graduated four students. In 2004, some 500 students were enrolled.
In TV crime shows, investigators wrap up tidy, high-tech cases in record time, ending each workday with a dramatic arrest. And that kind of neat resolution is increasingly what the public has come to expect.
"People watch TV and get the impression that every tiny clue can be discovered, analyzed and sourced in an hour with absolute precision," says Dr. Max Houck, director of the Forensic Science Initiative at WVU, "and that really isn't the way the world works."
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