[Threepwood]

This is a two-way street I think. TV shows and media descriptions of investigative techniques as promote a complacency amongst criminals as well.

My brother calls this the "I'm a genius" factor. Some criminals watch a lot of TV, decide that its an accurate protrayal of the investigative techniques likely to employed against them, and then screw up huge and go to jail.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I'm just afraid that the "I'm a genius" factor may encourage some people to commit crimes they might not commit otherwise. It's small comfort to know that the genius who decided to kill your family was quicky apprehended because some inane TV drama deluded him into believing he was a criminal mastermind.

I watched the original few episoded of CSI, but it didn't take long for me to see that it was definitely not "Law and Order."