We conducted a content analysis of the first two and last two seasons of the popular crime drama Crime Scene Investigation (CSI), to determine the extent to which depictions of the intersection of substance use and violence were consistent with research. Using the lens of system justification theory, we find that CSI focuses on aspects of crime that preserve the status quo, specifically it overemphasizes the negative impact of illicit substances as opposed to legal substances (such as alcohol), and it emphasizes the psychopharmacological role of drugs in violent crime compared to systemic violence related to the illegality of drug markets, even though research demonstrates that systemic violence makes up a large proportion of substance-related homicides. Despite significant changes in drug policy that occurred during the time that CSI was on the air, we find these portrayals are largely unchanged between episodes that were broadcast between 2000–2002 versus those that aired 2014–2015.

我们对流行犯罪剧《犯罪现场调查》 ( CSI )的前两季和后两季进行了内容分析，以确定对物质使用和暴力交叉的描述在多大程度上与研究一致。使用系统论证理论的镜头，我们发现CSI侧重于保持现状的犯罪方面，特别是它过分强调了非法物质相对于合法物质（例如酒精）的负面影响，并且与与非法相关的系统性暴力相比，它强调了毒品在暴力犯罪中的心理药理学作用毒品市场，尽管研究表明系统性暴力占与物质有关的凶杀案的很大一部分。尽管在CSI播出期间毒品政策发生了重大变化，但我们发现这些描述在 2000-2002 年播出的剧集与 2014-2015 年播出的剧集之间基本没有变化。