Brain imaging in substance abuse Book

Dr. Ubelaker is a brilliant scientist, one of the best in forensic anthropology. I've read some of his scientific papers and they are great. Unfortunately I am not a huge fan of this book. I have read many forensic anthropology books, by a wide variety of authors and I certainly don't expect them all to be the same. Many books of this genre that are aimed to the general reader divide the book by cases; normally one case per chapter. I understand the logic of dividing the book by subjects relevant to the science, but it led to poor flow. I did not enjoy not getting the full story about a case discussed in chapter 3 until chapter 18. Many of his stories didn't lead anywhere either because they were unresolved or the victim never identified.

I found that Dr. Ubelaker didn't seem to keep in mind who his target audience was. He would make reference to studies, landmarks, various things that the general person might not know. It's hard for myself to really judge since I have studied human osteology. But then on the flip-side he spells out some things I found to be very obvious.