Course Objectives

• To learn about the medico legal aspects of death and injuries, wild life forensics, importance of forensic anthropology in identification of
  individuals.

Course Outcomes

Course Syllabus

UNIT-I

Forensic Medicine /Medicolegal Investigation
Objectives of medicoloegal investigation, Death and its causes, types of death , Signs of death, Post mortem changes- classification, Determination of cause of death, manner of death, Estimation of time since death, Post mortem biochemistry of the body fuids-Modern techniques used for the estimation of time since deaths, Exhumation – medicolegal autopsy

UNIT-II

Forensic Anthropology: Introduction to forensic anthropology, Scope & Need, Forensic Anthropometry, osteometry, Identification of individuals (living), Identity of missing person by superimposition techniques x Facial reconstruction method, Portrait parley.
Disaster Victim Identification Examination and identification of dead bodies in mass disasters, mutilated bodies, fragmentary skeletal remains and bones. Determination of age, sex, race and
species origin from bones and assessment of stature.

Forensic odontology- Identification of individuals from teeth. Ages of eruption and other individual characteristics, Basics of anatomy and physiology with forensic perspective .Hair examination:

Morphological, anatomical & Microscopic examination of hair. Characteristics of hair to determine the species origin, race, sex and site

Medico legal Aspects of Age – Criminal responsibility of child-evidences deposition, Anti Child labour act, ILO conventions, Child abuses, examination protocols

UNIT-III

Asphyxial deaths: Classification of asphyxia deaths - Hanging, Strangulation, evidence collection and analysis, establishing manner of deaths - Suffocation, Drowning and traumatic asphyxia , medico legal importance of diatoms, medico legal importance , manner of deaths

Crimes against women- Introduction to sexual offences, Natural and unnatural sexual offences, perversions, Domestic violence and abuses at work place against women, child abuses and abuses of elderly people, Abortion & Infanticide, Deaths from starvation.

UNIT-IV

General and medico legal aspects of injuries/ traumatology - Mechanical Injuries: Abrasions, Bruises, Lacerations, Incised wounds, Stab wounds, Firearm injuries, Defense injuries, fabricated
injuries. Vital clues for establishing the mannerof deaths due to various injuries Traffic accident injuries: vehicular injuries, railway injuries & aircraft injuries.

Thermal injuries: Heat and cold -Burns and scalds, Deaths due to electrocution- lightning ,Electricity, Deaths due to explosions.- establishing the causes of deaths and vital clues/evidences to becollected
Deaths due to Chemical trauma.

UNIT-V

Wild life Forensics: Importance of Wildlife species in ecosystem. Endangered and Rare specieswildlife management, different methods of killing and poaching of the wildlife animals. Scientific
methods of investigation – identity. Wildlife animals –examination of physical evidences like hair, nails, teeth, ivory, horn, footprints (pugmarks) etc by conventional and modern methods. Wildlife
Protection Act

Reference Books:
1. Modi JS: Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology
2. Taylor: Medical Jurisprudence
3. Parikh CK: Text book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology
4. Keith Simpson & Bernard Knight: Forensic Medicine
5. C.M.V. Cox Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology
6. K.S. N. Reddy: Text book of Forensic Medicine &Toxicology
7. Apurba Nandi: Text book of Forensic Medicine
8. Krishan Vij: Text book of Forensic medicine
9. Bisbing, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersy, Printice Hall
10. Forensic Hair Investigation : Forensic Science Progress, Vol II – Seta S. Sato, H & B Miyake,
Springer – Verlag, Berlin
11. Laboratory Procedure Manual - Forensic Biology (2005), Directorate of Forensic Science,
MHA, New Delhi
12. The forensic Identification and Association of Human Hair in Forensic Science Handbook –
13. Text book of Forensic medicine and toxicology –V.V.Pillay

Session Plan

Session 1

UNIT-I

Forensic Medicine /Medicolegal Investigation
Objectives of medicoloegal investigation, Death and its causes, types of death , Signs of death,

Session 2

Post mortem changes- classification, Determination of cause of death, manner of death, Estimation of time since death,

Session 3

Post mortem biochemistry of the body fuids-Modern techniques used for the estimation of time since deaths

Session 4

Exhumation – medicolegal autopsy

Session 5

UNIT-II

Forensic Anthropology: Introduction to forensic anthropology, Scope & Need, Forensic Anthropometry, osteometry,

Session 6

Identification of individuals (living), Identity of missing person by superimposition techniques ,Facial reconstruction method, Portrait parley.

Session 7

Disaster Victim Identification Examination and identification of dead bodies in mass disasters, mutilated bodies, fragmentary skeletal remains and bones.

Session 8

Determination of age, sex, race and species origin from bones and assessment of stature.

Session 9

Forensic odontology- Identification of individuals from teeth. Ages of eruption and other individual characteristics, Basics of anatomy and physiology with forensic perspective .

Session 10

Hair examination: Morphological, anatomical & Microscopic examination of hair. Characteristics of hair to determine the species origin, race, sex and site

Session 11

Medico legal Aspects of Age – Criminal responsibility of child-evidences deposition, Anti Child labour act, 

Session 12

ILO conventions, Child abuses, examination protocols

Session 13

UNIT-III

Asphyxial deaths: Classification of asphyxia deaths - Hanging, Strangulation, evidence collection and analysis, establishing manner of deaths - Suffocation

Session 14

Drowning and traumatic asphyxia , medico legal importance of diatoms, medico legal importance , manner of deaths

Case Studies

Case Studies