Introduction
Since the birth of television shows, depiction of popular culture and criminal justice systems is a constant feature in many television shows. ‘Criminal Minds’ dives into the lives of criminals and the underlying reasons behind their actions. Most of the times, the intelligent criminals do not go down easily (Turvey, 2011). Hence, local authorities call the investigative Federal Bureau of Investigation for help. The show unveils investigation based on the mind of the perpetrators. This paper will argue that popular culture and influences crime in context criminal justice.
Popular culture
According to the script of the show, anyone can commit murder and cover it up easily as long he or she has a motive behind their actions. In some episode, the murderer is a single mother with a strange liking toward killing men and women (Turvey, 2011). While in other episodes, an intelligent scholar becomes a serial killer with a keen interest in prostitutes. No matter the case, anyone can murder. There are no physical characteristics that one use to identify a serial killer hence the investigators have to analyze the psychological possibilities behind a crime.
The intricate nature of the crimes leaves the viewer in shock and dumbfounded. For example, masculinity and crime seems to be some of the aspects that contribute to popular culture. From commercials, films, movies and even gaming devices, masculinity propagates crimes faster and unchallenged (Turvey, 2011). Apart from masculinity, music tends to give a person motive and inspiration to commit a crime with fear. In addition, violence through music an individual can get a chance to express his views and then carry them out as suggested in the film. In the end, popular culture contributes to crime. Simply put, the ‘Criminal minds’ deals with psychopaths who develop a strange liking toward something and they end commit murders.
Criminal justice and criminal justice
The television shows likely deals with the biological approaches to crimes rather than the court procedures. The shows offer serial killer in each episode or season. One research reveals that crime within any given area depends on occurrence of personality disorders, a feature many criminal possess. In fact, the criminals break the laws and step on the freedom of other people due personality disorders (Johnson, 2013). For example, a brain scan of antisocial individuals shows that the frontal gyrus is smaller than normal size hence increasing the likelihood to commit a crime. Therefore, the television show solves crimes based on biological evidence such as DNA and criminal clues left behind by the perpetrator. In the end, the investigators reveal information that can have meaningful impact in a court of law.
‘Criminals minds’ takes time and looks into the lives of hardcore criminals and how ordinary people conduct themselves in a normal way during the day while they hide their serial killing sprees (Johnson, 2013). The task force takes down the most intelligent criminals’ minds in America. Solving such cases is a heavy task and needs sufficient evidence and examining the trail of dead bodies lying in the wake of their crimes. The series makes it easy for its audience to watch violent scenes.
In summary ‘Criminal Minds’ explores police methods as it explores and solves the life of various serial killers through the tail of crimes left behind. The television show achieves a certain level of credibility through its meticulous and simple story telling strategies, which convinces the watcher.
References
Johnson, J. (2013). The visualization of the twisted tongue: Portrayals of stuttering in film, television, and comic books. In Literature, Speech Disorders, and Disability (pp. 170-184). Routledge.
Turvey, B. E. (Ed.). (2011). Criminal profiling: An introduction to behavioral evidence analysis. Academic press.
