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Free Forensic Science Courses
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Forensic Entomology
Forensic Entomology: The Basics
A beginner introduction to forensic entomology: the insects found on dead bodies, the blow fly life cycle, how temperature and degree hours are used to estimate a minimum post-mortem interval, insect succession, collecting insects at the scene and autopsy, other uses such as neglect and drug testing, the limits of the method, and its status in India.
Forensic Odontology
Forensic Odontology: The Basics
A beginner's guide to forensic odontology: teeth and FDI notation, identifying the dead from dental records, the dental role in INTERPOL disaster victim identification, age estimation from teeth, why bite mark analysis is disputed, how dental evidence is collected, and the Indian legal context.
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Anthropology: The Basics
A beginner introduction to forensic anthropology: how experts tell human from animal bone, estimate sex, age, stature and population affinity, read bone trauma and taphonomy, recover remains, and support disaster victim identification, with honest limits and Indian examples such as Roopkund and Ajnala.
Forensic Psychology
Forensic Psychology: The Basics
A beginner's guide to forensic psychology in India: unsoundness of mind (BNS s.22) and fitness to make a defence (BNSS ss.367-368), eyewitness memory, PEACE interviewing, polygraph, narco-analysis and brain-signal tests under the Selvi judgment and NHRC guidelines, child witnesses under POCSO, and ethics.
Forensic Physics & Trace Evidence
Forensic Physics and Trace Evidence: The Basics
A beginner's guide to trace evidence and forensic physics: transfer, class versus individual features, collecting fibres, glass, paint and soil, reading glass fractures, refractive index and physical fit, tool marks, footwear and tyre impressions, the microscopes used, Indian law, and what trace evidence can and cannot prove.
Ballistics
Forensic Ballistics: The Basics
A beginner's guide to forensic ballistics: types of firearms and ammunition, internal, external and terminal ballistics, class and individual marks on bullets and cartridge cases, the comparison microscope, gunshot residue by SEM-EDX, estimating range of fire, safe handling at scenes, and the Arms Act, 1959 and the expert's report in India.
Forensic Medicine
Forensic Medicine and Pathology: The Basics
A beginner's guide to forensic medicine in India: medico-legal autopsy and examination of the living, inquests under the BNSS, cause, mechanism and manner of death, post-mortem changes, injuries, asphyxia, age estimation, samples for the FSL, and the doctor's report and evidence in court.
Forensic Chemistry & Toxicology
Forensic Toxicology: The Basics
A beginner's guide to forensic toxicology in India: what a poison is and why dose matters, common poisonings, viscera collection and preservation, screening and confirmation tests, alcohol and drunken-driving law, the limits of post-mortem interpretation, and how a case moves from doctor to lab to court.
Forensic Biology & DNA
Forensic Biology and Serology: The Basics
A beginner course on how forensic laboratories find and identify blood, semen, saliva, urine, hair and tissue: presumptive and confirmatory tests, species origin testing, the history of ABO grouping and why DNA replaced it, hair and bloodstain pattern basics with their limits, collection and packaging, the hand-over to the DNA division, and the Indian legal provisions that apply.
Forensic Chemistry & Toxicology
Forensic Chemistry: The Basics
What the chemistry division of an Indian forensic lab examines: NDPS drugs and the small vs commercial quantity concept, presumptive colour tests and confirmation by TLC, GC-MS and FTIR, sampling under the NDPS Rules 2022, fire debris, post-blast residues at an overview level, phenolphthalein trap cases, and how results are reported and used in court.
Questioned Documents
Questioned Document Examination: The Basics
A beginner's introduction to forensic document examination: what a questioned document is, how handwriting and signatures are compared, collecting specimens, forgery and alterations, indented writing, inks, paper and printers, banknote security features, and how Indian law treats document examiners' opinions and their limits.
Crime Scene Investigation
Crime Scene Investigation: The Basics
A beginner's guide to crime scene work: types of scenes, first responder duties, cordons and the entry log, notes, photographs, sketches and measurements, search methods, packaging and sealing, chain of custody, contamination, and India's BNSS s.176(3) scene-visit and videography requirement.
Fingerprints
Fingerprint Science: The Basics
How friction ridges form and persist; patent, latent and plastic prints; levels of detail; how latent prints are developed and lifted; comparison by ACE-V; AFIS and India's NAFIS; the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022; and what known errors teach about quality and limits.
Forensic Biology & DNA
DNA Profiling: The Basics
A beginner's guide to forensic DNA profiling: where DNA evidence comes from and its limits, how labs produce an STR profile, how to read a profile and its match statistics without falling into the prosecutor's fallacy, mixtures, Y-STR and mtDNA, and the legal position on DNA in India.
Digital Forensics
Digital and Cyber Forensics: The Basics
A beginner's guide to digital evidence: what it is, why it is volatile and fragile, how devices are seized and isolated, how write blockers, forensic images and hash values protect integrity, what analysis can and cannot show, mobile and cloud evidence, and the Indian law on electronic records (BSA section 63, IT Act section 79A), with chain of custody and common mistakes.
General Forensic Science
Introduction to Forensic Science
Where forensic science began, how it grew across the world and in India, the seven principles it rests on, and every major discipline: what each studies, teaches and represents.
Fingerprints
Fingerprint patterns: arches, loops and whorls
Learn the three basic fingerprint patterns, how to find the core and the delta, and how to classify a print step by step. With flip cards, a step-by-step guide, videos and knowledge checks.