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Joel Best

Joel Best

56 books

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

by Joel Best

3.71 of 831

Social Problems

Social Problems

by Joel Best

3.75 of 158

Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

by Joel Best

3.67 of 161

More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues

More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues

by Joel Best

3.68 of 159

Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads

Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads

by Joel Best

3.09 of 67

The Satanism Scare (Social Institutions and Social Change Series)

The Satanism Scare (Social Institutions and Social Change Series)

by Joel Best

3.56 of 34

Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims

Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims

by Joel Best

4.15 of 27

Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex

Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex

by Joel Best

2.59 of 32

Random Violence: How We Talk about New Crimes and New Victims

Random Violence: How We Talk about New Crimes and New Victims

by Joel Best

3.16 of 25

Is That True?: Critical Thinking for Sociologists

Is That True?: Critical Thinking for Sociologists

by Joel Best

3.09 of 23

Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture

Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture

by Joel Best

3.14 of 22

Deviance: Career of a Concept

Deviance: Career of a Concept

by Joel Best

3.33 of 12

How Claims Spread: Cross-National Diffusion of Social Problems

How Claims Spread: Cross-National Diffusion of Social Problems

by Joel Best

4.50 of 8

The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem

The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem

by Joel Best

3.38 of 8

American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World

American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World

by Joel Best

3.38 of 8

Controlling Vice: Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865-1883

Controlling Vice: Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865-1883

by Joel Best

2.88 of 8

Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems

Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems

by Joel Best

3.83 of 6

The Stupidity Epidemic: Worrying About Students, Schools, and America's Future (Framing 21st Century Social Issues)

The Stupidity Epidemic: Worrying About Students, Schools, and America's Future (Framing 21st Century Social Issues)

by Joel Best

4.00 of 3