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    Joel Best

    Joel Best is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware. Best’s research focuses on understanding how and why we become concerned with particular issues at particular moments in time. He’s written about the ways bad statistics creep into public debates and about dubious fears, such as the mistaken belief that poisoned Halloween candy poses a serious threat to our kids. His books include Damned Lies and Statistics, Kids Gone Wild, The Student Loan Mess and Flavor of the Month.

    Joel Best

    Joel Best is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware. Best’s research focuses on understanding how and why we become concerned with particular issues at particular moments in time. He’s written about the ways bad statistics creep into public debates and about dubious fears, such as the mistaken belief that poisoned Halloween candy poses a serious threat to our kids. His books include Damned Lies and Statistics, Kids Gone Wild, The Student Loan Mess and Flavor of the Month.

    Books by Joel Best

    • Social Problems

      Joel Best

      Third Edition, Paperback, 2016

      A complete set of tools for analyzing any social problem.

    • Social Problems

      Joel Best

      Fourth Edition, Paperback, 2020

      An engaging, unconventional guide for how to think about social problems.

    • Social Problems

      Joel Best

      Fourth Edition, E Book, 2020

      An engaging, unconventional guide for how to think about social problems

    • Social Problems

      Joel Best, Brian Monahan

      Fifth Edition, Paperback, 2024

      Not your parents’ social problems textbook

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