An Examination on the Consistency of Forensic Information in Criminal Courts in India

Deepali S. Bhalshankar

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i01.1756

An Examination on the Consistency of Forensic Information in Criminal Courts in India

Author(s)	Deepali S. Bhalshankar
Country	India
Abstract	The study aims to examine how forensic science and law interact, as well as to evaluate the role and significance of forensic evidence in the criminal justice system. The research will emphasise the many uses of incidental evidence. The primary method used to collect the data for this project was a prospective study of official record data that followed criminal cases in two jurisdictions (Los Angeles County, Indianapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne, and South Bend) from the time police incident reports were filed until the case was finally resolved in court. Municipal, county, and state crime laboratory services are represented by the sites selected. Data for the study were gathered using a random sample of the population of recorded crime occurrences for the year 2021, stratified by crime category and jurisdiction. We solely focused on the violent assault crime episodes out of 4,205 overall instances, which included 859 violent assaults, 1,263 burglaries, 400 homicides, 602 rapes, and 1,083 robberies. An arrest was made in 49% of assault incidents. Bivariate analyses of instances with and without evidence from the crime scene revealed statistically significant increased rates of arrest, prosecutor referral, charge, and conviction in cases with forensic evidence. Using multivariate analysis, it was shown that acquiring physical evidence was a statistically significant predictor of arrest. Despite the increased focus given to forensic evidence in recent years, little empirical information is available about the types of evidence that are often acquired as well as how frequently they are submitted to and analysed in forensic crime laboratories. Even little research has been done to clarify how such evidence affects the criminal justice process.
Keywords	Criminal Trials, Evidence, Forensic, Justice, India
Field	Sociology > Administration / Law / Management
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 1, January-February 2023
Published On	2023-02-28
Cite This	An Examination on the Consistency of Forensic Information in Criminal Courts in India - Deepali S. Bhalshankar - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 1, January-February 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i01.1756
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i01.1756
Short DOI	https://doi.org/grwbgn

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