Scope of Scientific Investigation in Administration of Criminal Justice

Abstract

Crime has been a part of human society from the beginning. This gave rise to the need of a system that could prevent crimes from happening and to punish the commission of a crime. In the earlier days, the modus operandi of criminals was simple and so was the criminal justice system. With evolved modus operandi and complicated motives, criminals are able to out run the criminal justice system. Now a day crimes are committed using highly developed science and technology which creates difficulty to trace the origin of crime and criminals. With the development of science and technology, the methods of commission of crime by the criminals have undergone a phenomenal change as they are trying to evade themselves from being detected after the commission of crime. In this context, the contribution of science in investigation cannot be underestimated in the art of investigation. In India it is the outdated methods of investigation that hinder in establishing effective criminal justice system. Even today our criminal investigations rely on the traditional sources of proof like, eyewitness account, approvers, and confession the effectiveness of which has long gone away.The only way to tackle this problem is to bring about major changes in the criminal investigation process, especially in India, where the conviction rate is lower as compared to many other developed nations. In countries with lower crime rate and higher conviction rate, it is seen that newer method of investigation have been adapted, and the same have been given validity with changes in legislation and admissibility by courts. newlineWith the rapid strides in technology the investigation of offences has undergone tremendous transformation. This thesis aims to probe into the research problem with regard to the questions emanating from the scenario. Hypothesis is that science and technology change the contours of investigation. The research problem formulated answers this in the affirmative. newline newline