Contributor biographical information for Flavor of the month : why smart people fall for fads / Joel Best.
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Joel Best is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. Among his many books are More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues (2004), Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists (2001), and Random Violence: How We Talk about New Crimes and New Victims (1999), all from UC Press.
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Social institutions.
Fads -- Social aspects.
Diffusion of innovations.