BSc Forensic Science Forensic Science I Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 of the Academic Council of 17 May 2022, brought in one year at a time from 2022-23. The University has published no NEP 2020 syllabus for it. The University examines only the third year of this degree centrally, under exam forms 1S00815 and 1S00816; the colleges examine the first four semesters.
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Syllabus for Forensic Science I
Module I: Fundamentals of Forensic Science
- Definition, Nature, and Scope
- Laws and principles of Forensic
- Branches and fields of Forensic Science
- Historical Development of Forensic: India and Global
Module II: Crime Scene Processing
- Types and classification of Crime Scene
- Crime scene response, and role of first responding officer
- Documentation of crime scene
- Searching techniques
- Collection and preservation
- Crime scene photography
- Component of Crime scene management
- Chain of custody
Module III: Forensic Science in India
- Forensic Science in India (Organogram)
- Development of Forensic Science Laboratories in India (Central
- and State)
- Forensic Science Laboratory: Organization and Services
- Various Investigation agencies and Organizations (NIA, CBI,
- Interpol)
- Forensic Science Expert: Education, Training and ethical
- responsibilities
Module IV: Forensic evidence
- Evidence: Definition, nature and levels
- Classification of evidences and its uses
- Evidentiary value of various evidences
- Admissibility and Interpretation of evidences in Criminal Justice System
Text books and Additional References
- 1 Saferstein, R. (2018). Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science, 12th Edition.
- 2 Fisher, B. A., Tilstone, W. J., Woytowicz, C. (2009). Introduction to Criminalistics: The Foundation of Forensic Science. United Kingdom: Elsevier Science.
- 3 Forensic Science in Criminal Investigation and Trial, 4th ed. By B.R. Sharma
- 4 Stuart H. James., Jon J. Nordby, Suzanne Bell. Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques: Fourth Edition (2014)
- 5 Introduction to Forensic Science in Crime Investigation. (2011). India: Selective & Scientific Books. R. Krishnamurthy
- 6 Max M. Houck, Jay A. Siegel (2015) Fundamentals of Forensic Science; Third edition
- 7 Police Investigation - Powers, Tactics and Techniques(2014) V. Sithannan
- 8 Howard A. Harris, Henry C. Lee (2019) Introduction to Forensic Science and Criminalistics, Second Edition
- 9 William J. Tilstone, Kathleen A. Savage, Leigh A. Clark (2006) Forensic Science; An Encyclopedia of History, Methods, and Techniques
- 10 Introduction to Criminal Investigation. (2018). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- 11 Nabar, B. S. (2005). Forensic Science in Crime Investigation. India: Asia Law House.
- 12 Nanda, B. B., Tewari, R. K. (2001). Forensic Science in India: A Vision for the Twenty-first Century. India: Select Publishers.
- 13 Crime Scene Management: Scene Specific Methods. (2016). Germany: Wiley.
- 14 Fisher, D. R., Fisher, B. A. J. (2012). Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Eighth Edition. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- 15 Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science. (2020). United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Forensic Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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