he's proud that CM solves crimes without forensics.
I would be much more impressed if criminal profiling weren't, you know, hokum.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2009 11:36:52 am PST #4343 of 11834
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2009 11:44:42 am PST #4344 of 11834
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Shh. The FBI might hear you.
Dana - Dec 01, 2009 11:47:37 am PST #4345 of 11834
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would be much more impressed if criminal profiling weren't, you know, hokum.
Are you trying to take away all of my entertainment options? t clings tightly to Wire in the Blood
bon bon - Dec 01, 2009 11:52:00 am PST #4346 of 11834
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Malcolm Gladwell calls something hokum? Hard for a skeptic to know where to come down on that one.
Ginger - Dec 01, 2009 12:03:11 pm PST #4347 of 11834
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Large scale automated fingerprint analysis is less than two decades old and the national system is only 10 years old. Prior to that, the FBI had 200 million plus fingerprint cards on file, all analyzed manually.
Connie Neil - Dec 01, 2009 12:10:44 pm PST #4348 of 11834
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I read a Writer's Guide to Crime Scene Investigation by a woman who used to do all that sort of thing, and she said she was one of the few people who could easily match by eye from a card without lots of magnifying equipment.
Zenkitty - Dec 01, 2009 1:11:02 pm PST #4349 of 11834
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I would be much more impressed if criminal profiling weren't, you know, hokum.
Hee. You've got to give the writers credit for some touch with reality, though; I think there are more CM episodes where the profile is TOTALLY WRONG than ones where they nail it from the beginning. Like that article said, different people may do the same things for very different reasons.
As for profiling and cold reading, I've been convincing people I'm psychic for years. I once guessed a guy's name and "sun sign" having known him for about five minutes. He almost wet his pants. (George, Taurus.)
Vortex - Dec 01, 2009 1:13:51 pm PST #4350 of 11834
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think there are more CM episodes where the profile is TOTALLY WRONG than ones where they nail it from the beginning.
yes, they often get it wrong on the first go.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 01, 2009 3:25:49 pm PST #4351 of 11834
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
No, they showed the season opener again.
Thank you, ita.
And a jaunty raspberry to Zenkitty
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2009 4:21:57 pm PST #4352 of 11834
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
