BSc Forensic Science Forensic Science II 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 II
Module I: Crime, Crime Statistics and Conviction
- Crime: Nature and dynamics
- Crime Typologies
- Crime statistics and related agencies
- Conviction and conviction rate
- Factors affecting conviction rates
Module II: Physical evidences
- Physical evidence: Nature, scope and forensic significance
- Classification of physical evidence
- Trace evidence: Nature and types
- Physical evidence process: Searching, recognition, collection,
- preservation, packaging, and handling
Module III: Impression Evidences
- Introduction to Impression Evidence
- Gait Pattern Analysis
- Tyre and Skid Marks
- Tool Marks
- Lip Prints and Ear Print
- Bite Marks
Module IV: Agencies of Crime detection and Prevention
- Law enforcement and policing in India
- Investigating agencies and Authorities in India
- Custodial Crimes, Interview & Interrogation techniques
- Police, Magistrate, Coroner, and other investigations
- Structure, role, and functions: CID, CBI, IB, RAW, NCRB, BPR&D, DFS, DFSS, and NICFS.
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 By Dr.(Mrs.) Rukmani Krishnamurthy
- 6 Howard A. Harris, Henry C. Lee (2019) Introduction to Forensic Science and Criminalistics, Second Edition
- 7 William J. Tilstone, Kathleen A. Savage, Leigh A. Clark (2006) Forensic Science; An Encyclopedia of History, Methods, and Techniques
- 8 Henry C. Lee, Howard A. Harris (2000) Physical Evidence in Forensic Science
- 9 Sandeep Bhalla; Crime Investigation in India. (n.d.). (n.p.): lawmystery.in.
- 10 Lacaze, K. (2021). Impression Evidence: Identifying Fingerprints, Bite Marks, and Tire Treads. United States: MASON CREST PUBL.
- 11 Bodziak, W. J. (2008). Tire Tread and Tire Track Evidence: Recovery and Forensic Examination. Ukraine: Taylor & Francis.
- 12 Bodziak, W. J. (2017). Footwear Impression Evidence: Detection, Recovery and Examination, SECOND EDITION. United States: Taylor & Francis.
- 13 Birch, I., Birch, M., Nirenberg, M., Vernon, W. (2020). Forensic Gait Analysis: Principles and Practice. United States: Taylor & Francis.
- 14 Crime Scene Management: Scene Specific Methods. (2016). Germany: Wiley.
- 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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