Decoding Forensics for Legal Professionals
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Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
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Decoding Forensics for Legal Professionals at FutureLearn Course details
- On this six-week course, you'll explore the scientific principles underlying forensic pathology, medical examination in sexual offence cases, bite mark analysis, and forensic DNA profiling
- Using mock case scenarios, this insightful online course will help you develop the skills you can immediately apply in your career as a legal professional
- You'll explore the law on expert evidence and the procedures that courts follow in examining such evidence
- With this knowledge, you'll understand the limitations with the current forms of legal inquiries and how they can be improved
- Lastly, you'll scrutinise the law of expert evidence and forensic science landscape in India
- Through this course, you will develop a keen sense of scientific inquiry and aptitude and learn how to apply these scientific principles and evidentiary standards to forensic disciplines beyond the course
- The videos, articles and quizzes have been curated on the basis of the extensive research and criminal defence work conducted by Project 39A, a criminal justice initiative based out of National Law University, Delhi
- This course will help you develop essential skills which you can use in your career as a legal professional
Decoding Forensics for Legal Professionals at FutureLearn Curriculum
Forensic pathology
Introduction to the course
Basics of forensic pathology
Decomposition and time since death
Understanding injuries
Determining cause of death
Forensic pathology and the legal system
Medical examination in cases of sexual offences
Debunking myths on medical examination
Examination of medical evidence and opinions by lawyers
Bite mark evidence
Understanding bite marks
Methods of analysis of bite marks
Expert opinion on bite marks
Forensic DNA Profiling: Part I
Crime scene examination and forensic serology
Understanding the human cell and DNA
Understanding electropherograms
Forensic DNA Profiling: Part II
Process of Forensic DNA profiling
Interpretation of DNA profiles
Issues with forensic DNA profiling
Law on expert evidence
Introduction to expert evidence
Challenging expert evidence in court
Forensic evidence in India
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