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De-biasing Criminal Investigation

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  • Aaditya Gore
  • Prof. (Dr.) Anuradha Parasar

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Policing and Criminal Investigation in the present age must necessarily move towards more humane forms that avoid physical torture to extract truth from suspects. Criminal investigation consists of fact-finding based on certain factual theories formed by the investigator in order to arrive at the best possible explanation. Childhood socialisation has an invariable effect on the manner in which an individual perceives matters requiring cognitive problem-solving skills which even training cannot fully align into uniformity. Police departments recruit from different backgrounds: urban, semi-urban and rural. Differential socialisation among police personnel implies differential investigative approaches to similar criminal cases. This paper seeks to understand from the literature in the field, the possible solutions to investigative bias induced by differential socialisation as also the need for instituting in a reasonable system of criminal defence investigation so as to achieve better Police human resource management and to ensure better delivery of justice.

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  • Aaditya Gore & Prof. (Dr.) Anuradha Parasar, 2024. "De-biasing Criminal Investigation," SPAST Reports, SPAST Foundation, vol. 1(6).
    • Handle: RePEc:bps:jspath:v:1:y:2024:i:6:id:5060
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