Book Cover

Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia

Contributor(s): Sharafi, Mitra (Author)

ISBN: 9781501785986

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Binding Types:

$27.95
$40.90 (Final Price)
$39.70 (100+ copies: $38.95)
List/retail price:
$27.95
- +
Buy

Pub Date: April 15, 2026

LCCN: 2025040841

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.62" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 0.82 lbs) 276 pages

Series: Corpus Juris: The Humanities in Politics and Law

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "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 increased the risk of wrongful convictions"-- Provided by publisher.

Worth Considering
Product successfully added to cart!