BSc Forensic Science Law V 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 Law V
Module I: Introduction to crime, causes and kinds :
- Nature and Concept of crime, Essential elements of crime, Types of crime, Causes of crime: Social Causes of Crime, Economic Causes of Crime, Physical and Psychological causes of crime, Geographical
- Causes of Crime.
- Organized Crimes ,Environmental Crimes, Crime and Politics
- Economic Crimes ,White Collar Crimes
- Juvenile Delinquency and Female Delinquency Terrorism
- Cyber Crimes
Module II: Pre-Trial Proceedings
- Information to Police & their Powers to investigate Jurisdiction of
- Criminal Courts in Inquiries & Trials Conditions requisite for
- Initiation of proceedings Complaints to Magistrates
- Commencement of proceedings before Magistrates
- Provisions as to Bail & Bonds
Module III: Trial Proceedings
- Framing of Charge & Joinder of Charges Trial before a Court of
- Session
- Trial of Warrant cases by Magistrates Trial of Summons cases by
- Magistrates Summary Trials
- Evidence in Inquiries & Trials & General provisions
Module IV: Evidence In Inquiries And Trials
- Mode of taking and recording evidence
- Commissions for the examination of witnesses
- General Provisions As To Inquiries And Trials
- Provisions As To Accused Persons Of Unsound Mind
- Provisions As To Offences Affecting The Administration Of Justice
Text books and Additional References
- 1 Criminology and Penology, Second Edition, Paranjape N.V., Central Law Publication, Allahabad, U.P, 2001
- 2 Crime and Criminology, Rohinton Mehta
- 3 Crime and Science: The New Frontier in Criminology, Jurgen Thorwald
- 4 The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, Maguire Mike, Morgan Rod and Reiner Robert, Oxford University Press, 2007
- 5 Principle of Criminology, E.H. Sutherland, Times of India Press, (6th Edition), Bombay, 1968
- 6 Criminology, Siegal Larry J, Wordsworth Thomson Learning, New Delhi, 2007
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Forensic Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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