Critique of the CSI website

There always has to be a line between what is a real life situation and those that can only occur in movies or tv.  With the new reality series that are out the line  between fictional stories and what is real seems to be blurred.  In this blog i am going to critique the validity and correctness of many of the CSI shows and websites.  Although good tv would mean pumping up the truth to make it more desirable to watch, in many cases it is a lot of exaggeration.  The premise of the show for those non-watchers is simple, a team of investigators is set to solve crimes in what seems like record time with impressive skills.  The team is made up of characters all with their own quirks and as they work together to collect and analyze evidence and solve the crime.  Many of the techniques stated that they are using are correct but they rarely show how the analysis takes place or what is involved in the process.  Secondly, they obtain their results in what seems like record time and with great precision.  There are also many things that occur that are not possible.  Having taken a class and lab on strictly forensics i have a pretty good feel for what should take part in doing the analysis.  Often times they seem to find a fingerprint out of nowhere and have it be a full print and very clear.  From experience, when examining fingerprints it is very difficult to get a full print let alone be able to very clearly examine it and match it to another persons fingerprint.  The point of this critique is the show the reader that shows like CSI is very inexact and before considering going into this field because it looks so glamorous and fun, you should watch a real crime show on tv to get a feel for what really would be involved with that type of job. So my ending message for CSI... more science, less drama!