Practical-Introduction to Forensic Science and criminalistic

Paper Code: 
CFRS 113
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

After studying this paper, the students will know –

CO 1: The methods of securing, searching and documenting crime scenes.

CO 2: The art of collecting, packaging and preserving different types of physical and   trace evidence at crime scenes.

CO 3: The legal importance of chain of custody.

CO 4: The tools and techniques for analysis of different types of crime scene evidence.

 

Lab Experiment:

  1. To investigate an indoor crime scene.

  2. To investigate an outdoor crime scene.

  3. To prepare a report on evaluation of crime scene.

  4. To reconstruct a crime scene (outdoor and indoor).

  5. To compare soil samples by density gradient method.

  6. To compare paint samples by physical matching method.

  7. To compare paint samples by thin layer chromatography method.

  8. To compare glass samples by refractive index method.

  9. To identify and compare tool marks.

  10. To compare cloth samples by physical matching.

Essential Readings: 

  • M. Byrd, Crime Scene Evidence: A Guide to the Recovery and Collection of Physical Evidence, CRC Press, Boca Raton (2001).

  • T.J. Gardener and T.M. Anderson, Criminal Evidence, 4th Ed., Wadsworth, Belmont (2001).

  • S.H. James and J.J. Nordby, Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton (2005).

  • W.J. Tilstone, M.L. Hastrup and C. Hald, Fisher’s, Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, CRC Press, Boca Raton (2013).

  • M.S. Rao, Crime Scene Management, SSP, New Delhi

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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