Trends in Forensics, Law and Criminology Perspectives from India on Empowering Criminal Justice in 21st Century

This book examines criminal justice from the complementary vantage points of forensic science, law, and criminology, through perspectives from India. It showcases original work with practical implementation and comprehensive reviews for future developments. Its eighteen original contributions offer readers from all three communities a substantive yet accessible engagement with the questions that define the pursuit of justice in 21st century, and deliberately builds bridges across disciplinary boundaries that too often remain separate. 
The book explores its themes along two closely intertwined lines of inquiry. On the scientific and technological front, it examines machine learning in document forensics, nuclear and metabolomic techniques in toxicological analysis, three-dimensional crime scene reconstruction, the deepfake challenge in the Indian context, and digital forensics in financial cybercrime. On the legal and criminological front, it addresses rape perpetration, domestic violence, prisoner mental health and suicidality, post-incarceration social reintegration, probation theory, capital punishment, euthanasia attitudes, and the role of forensic and medical evidence in proceedings of Supreme Court of India, together painting a picture of a justice system navigating profound human and procedural challenges. The readers who find important learnings in this volume include forensic scientists, legal professionals, law enforcement practitioners, criminologists, policymakers, academicians, and students who seek a holistic and interdisciplinary understanding of how science, law, and society converge in the administration of criminal justice.