Program Details

Both criminology and forensic science share crime as the focus of their study.Forensic science is a "hands on" science, often engaged in crime solving through lab-based techniques. Criminology is a discipline which seeks to understand the cause of crime, study criminal behavior and criminal justice agencies .Security, intelligence,policing and crime prevention can only be made more effective through a stronger engagement between criminology and forensic science. This course-B.Sc.-M.Sc. Criminology and Forensic Sciences has two distinct contents – the criminological content includes sub-disciplines like victimology, penology, police administration, security management and the forensic science content includes divisions like forensic chemistry, forensic physics, questioned documents, finger prints, etc.This programme is a perfect blend of these two sister disciplines which will make a student suitable to aptly handle skills like criminal investigation, crime scene management, etc. This programme will have both lab-based and field-work based pedagogy with hands-on training and internships at forensic science laboratories and visits to Criminal Justice institutions like police stations, courts and prisons. Objectives of the programme:  To make the students conversant with the causes and consequences of crime.  To familiarise the students with various divisions of forensic science.  To get the students acquainted with the structure and functioning of the Criminal Justice System and Forensic Science Laboratories.  To develop in students, skill sets such as crime scene management and analysis of forensic science evidence.  To prepare the students to take up a career in the field of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science