Forensic Serology

This book provides a comprehensive and complete synopsis of forensic serology. It includes background information on different biological substances that we can detect, how the serological tests work, what the testing looks like, and how to interpret the results. Coverage includes all aspects of serological testing including basic presumptive testing, confirmatory testing, and new methods of testing, such as mRNA, methylation, proteomics, and much more.
Forensic Serology is written at a level which anyone with basic knowledge of science can fully understand and may be of particular use to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as working professionals.

• Covers all aspects of forensic serology and the relevant bodily fluids
• Includes background information on different biological substances, how the tests work, what the testing looks like, and how to interpret the results
• Color illustrations demonstrate key aspects of forensic serological testing

Dr. Shanan Tobe is currently an Associate Professor in Forensic Science at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, where he teaches undergraduate forensic science and genetics at the first and final years, and co-Chairs the Honours Program in Forensic Science and Molecular Biology. He previously taught on accredited forensic master’s programs in both the USA and the UK, including forensic serology and genetics. Dr. Tobe’s research is diverse and includes forensic wildlife investigations, increased human forensic DNA sensitivity, on presumptive testing of biological fluids, archaeology and anthropology, biosecurity, and in environment and conservation sciences (eDNA and population genetics). Dr. Tobe’s MSc research on serology tests for blood was published as a landmark paper in the Journal of Forensic Sciences and has been cited over 300 times. He has since collaborated and led other serological research and is the perfect author for such a text.