RJA #12b: APA-Style Annotated Bibliography, Part 1

Attorneys worry about a "csi effect" in Conrad Murray's trial. (2011, September 25).
Retrieved from
http://www.woio.com/story/15545329/attorneys-worry-about-a-csi-effect-in-conrad-murrays-trial

This article is about an example I can use for the existence of the effect. The main thing it talks about how the Conrad Murray case may be in trouble because there isn't a clear connection between him and Michael Jackson's death. It also has some good quotes that I can use. The news channel published this article so I don't know a single author for this source.

Dahl, D. (2006, May 13). Nyu professor says . Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press. Retrieved from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4181/is_20060513/ai_n16369397

This article is about how the CSI effect could actually get more people to convict individuals if it existed. He mainly talks about how there isn't evidence to prove its existence. He also mentions that tv shows can make an image even though it can't be proven. This article is relavent because it refers to one of my other sources. A newspaper probaly isn't the best to use because its manipulated by its writer and dumbed down for the readers.

Shelton, Donald E. "The 'CSI effect': Does it really exist?" National Institute
of Justice Journal 259. 17 Mar. (2008). Web. 9 Nov. 2011. http://www.nij.gov/journals/259/csi-effect.htm.

This journal is one of the best I have found. It has the complete experiment conducted on potential jurors and how they would convict someone based on presented evidence. The author is an actual judge and he conducted the experiment along with two criminology professors so it appears to me its a credible source. The article is relavent because it provides me with some evidence to prove that crime shows do have an effect on the people who watch them and participate as a juror afterwards.