| ‘I Don’t Have Faith in Doctors Anymore.’ Women Say They Were Pressured Into Long-Term Birth Control | ‘I Don’t Have Faith in Doctors Anymore.’ Women Say They Were Pressured Into Long-Term Birth Control | | https://time.com/6976918/long-term-birth-control-reproductive-coercion/ | | 2024-05-13T04:00:00Z | | Time Magazine | Time interviewed Mieke Eeckhaut, associate professor of sociology and criminal justice, whose research found that young, economically disadvantaged, unmarried and Hispanic women disproportionately reported being pressured to keep their long-acting reversible contraception.
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| Questions Arise Over Chappaqua SROs in Budget After Officer’s Arrest | Questions Arise Over Chappaqua SROs in Budget After Officer’s Arrest | | https://www.theexaminernews.com/questions-arise-over-chappaqua-sros-in-budget-after-officers-arrest/ | | 2024-04-02T04:00:00Z | | Examiner | Aaron Kupchik, University of Delaware Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, said “there is no evidence that the presence of police officers deters the likelihood of a shooting.”
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| How many birds die in building strikes in New York City and the U.S.? | How many birds die in building strikes in New York City and the U.S.? | | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/24/brad-holyman-sigal/how-many-birds-die-in-building-strikes-in-new-york/ | | 2024-03-24T04:00:00Z | | PolitiFact | Joel Best, a University of Delaware sociology professor who has written about bird strike estimation, cautioned against trusting estimates of a topic that is so hard to track.
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| Estimated 2.5 million people displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters in 2023 tell a story of recovery in America and who is vu | Estimated 2.5 million people displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters in 2023 tell a story of recovery in America and who is vu | | https://theconversation.com/the-estimated-2-5-million-people-displaced-by-tornadoes-wildfires-and-other-disasters-in-2023-tell-a-story-of-recovery-in-america-and-who-is-vulnerable-224904 | | 2024-03-04T05:00:00Z | | The Conversation | Tricia Wachtendorf, professor of sociology and director of the Disaster Research Center at UD teamed up with James Kendra, professor of public policy & administration and director of the Disaster Research Center at UD, to write for the Conversation. The pair discussed the impact to those displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters.
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| Why parts of Philadelphia will close to cap I-95 and why Wilmington can’t make it work | Why parts of Philadelphia will close to cap I-95 and why Wilmington can’t make it work | | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2024/01/29/i95-capping-project-continues-philadelphia-affects-wilmington-delaware/72338406007/ | | 2024-01-29T05:00:00Z | | The News Journal | There's no surefire way to know whether a proposed revitalization plan in Wilmington or a current project in Philadelphia could lead to green gentrification, said Victor Perez, associate professor of sociology and criminal justice.
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| The history of the drug-laced candy myth — and the real Halloween killer | The history of the drug-laced candy myth — and the real Halloween killer | | https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/10/31/history-drug-laced-halloween-candy/ | | 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z | | The Washington Post | As a criminologist in UD's Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Joel Best has catalogued instances of contaminated Halloween candy going back nearly as far as American-style trick-or-treating has existed. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2206 | |
| University of Delaware professor says contaminated Halloween candy is an urban myth | University of Delaware professor says contaminated Halloween candy is an urban myth | | https://6abc.com/halloween-myths-trick-or-treat-candy-contamination-poisoned/13995606/ | | 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z | | 6ABC WPVI-TV - Action News | Philadelphia TV station gets reassurance from Joel Best, sociology and criminal justice, that it's safe for kids to dive into their trick-or-treat hauls. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2208 | |
| Trick-or-treat tips: Parents, kids, drivers can all take steps to make Halloween safe | Trick-or-treat tips: Parents, kids, drivers can all take steps to make Halloween safe | | https://www.wral.com/story/trick-or-treat-tips-parents-kids-drivers-can-all-take-steps-to-make-halloween-safe/20547520/ | | 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z | | WRAL-TV | Joe Best, a professor of sociology and criminal justice at UD, spoke with Fox News about his research into Halloween candy fears. "I have been unable to find any evidence that any child has been killed or seriously injured by a contaminated treat picked up in the course of trick-or-treating," he said.
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| The rise of (unnecessary) Halloween candy X-rays | The rise of (unnecessary) Halloween candy X-rays | | https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2023/10/23/halloween-candy-x-rays-utah-poison-razor-needles | | 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z | | Axios | Joel Best, a UD sociology professor who specializes in urban legends hasn't found a single substantiated report of a child being killed or seriously injured by contaminated food they got trick-or-treating. He was quoted here.
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| That time Utah tried to ban trick-or-treating | That time Utah tried to ban trick-or-treating | | https://townlift.com/2023/10/that-time-utah-tried-to-ban-trick-or-treating/ | | 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z | | TownLift | UD sociology professor Joel Best, who researches urban legends and “Halloween sadism,” has found no evidence of a child being killed or seriously harmed by Halloween treats. He was quoted here. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2202 | |
