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Book Name;

History Of Forensic Science in India ( Routledge South Asia Studies)

Author;

Saumitra Basu

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Forensic science also known by the name of criminalistics is the use of natural sciences to resolve a crime, investigate and present proofs in a court of law against the culprit.

Saumitra Basu gives a historical glimpse of this science and its development in India. The book covers a period of nearly one hundred years from mid-19th century to mid-20th century.

The period when British got full control over India after the failed attempt of Indian war of independence in 1857 till the country got independence after WWII in 1947.

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The book elaborates how the crime, its detection, investigation and even its perception was changed in colonial India and how successful it was in punishing the criminals.

The approach in book is interdisciplinary connecting history, science and technology, sociology, law and criminology to know about forensics as science and its development in the colonial India. The 6 chaptered book having 200 pages is a food for thought.