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Fear of the false : forensic science and the law of crime in colonial South Asia /

"The high era of forensic science in colonial India and Burma (circa 1900) was driven by deception anxiety and belief in native mendacity. Advances in forensic testing enabled the detection of planted evidence, but criminal procedure shortcuts made expert misconduct harder to discover which inc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharafi, Mitra (Mitra June), 1974- (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2026.
Series:Corpus Juris: the Humanities in Politics and Law Series.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > South Asia > History.
Forensic sciences > Social aspects > South Asia > History.
Criminal law > Social aspects > South Asia > History.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects > South Asia.
South Asia > Colonial influence.
Criminalistique > Aspect social > Asie méridionale > Histoire.
Asie méridionale > Influence coloniale.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Falsity and forensic science
  • Planted poison and wrongful convictions
  • Planted animal blood and murder
  • Bloodstains, spermatozoa, and rape
  • Expert misconduct
  • Adversarialism, inquisitorialism, and experts
  • Truth, justice, and testing.