| He's University of Delaware's oldest 2022 grad. Why this 80-year-old went back to school. | He's University of Delaware's oldest 2022 grad. Why this 80-year-old went back to school. | | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2022/06/07/80-year-old-graduates-university-of-delaware-oldest-member-class-2022-steven-goodhart/7502685001/ | | 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z | | The Delaware News Journal | Local outlet reports on Steven Goodhart, who received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and was the oldest student participating in UD's May 28 commencement ceremony. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2022 | |
| COVID is making it harder for schools to practice restorative justice | COVID is making it harder for schools to practice restorative justice | | https://fortune.com/2022/01/19/school-discipline-restorative-justice-reform-covid/ | | 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z | | Fortune | The pandemic has brought about more challenging student behavior and a lower threshold for managing that behavior. This could lead to the return of punitive measures, but Aaron Kupchik, sociology and criminal justice, warns of the negative consequences that arise when schools overuse tactics such as suspensions. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1923 | |
| Why more women are being shot in Wilmington this year, especially in this neighborhood | Why more women are being shot in Wilmington this year, especially in this neighborhood | | https://www.delawareonline.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawareonline.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2021%2F10%2F21%2Fwomen-shot-increase-wilmington-delaware-gun-violence%2F8437256002%2F | | 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z | | Delawareonline.com | "That scramble has engineered a frustration and anger and anguish and anxiety, and folks at the end of the day are solving their problems through violence. Women are now part of that." Yasser Payne, sociology and criminal justice, on the rise in shootings in Wilmington involving women. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1928 | |
| Needle found in Halloween candy from Ohio trick-or-treating, police say: 'Take this seriously' | Needle found in Halloween candy from Ohio trick-or-treating, police say: 'Take this seriously' | | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/01/sewing-needle-found-ohio-trick-treating-candy-police-say/6232432001/ | | 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z | | USA Today | Police in Fosteria, Ohio urged parents to check their children's Halloween candy after there were two reports of small sewing needles found in a KitKat and a bag of Sour Patch Kids. The story notes that actually instances of tampered trick-or-treat candy are very rare, citing the research of Joel Best, sociology. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1972 | |
| Opinion: Chill out, parents. Your kids’ Halloween candy is almost certainly safe | Opinion: Chill out, parents. Your kids’ Halloween candy is almost certainly safe | | https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/halloween-candy-safety-poison-parents-20211031.html | | 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z | | The Philadelphia Inquirer | Op-ed leans on the work of Best to take aim at fears that trick-or-treating is dangerous. “I think this is the greatest thing in the history of the world to be afraid of,” Best said. “That there’s somebody down your block that is so crazy, they will poison little children at random — but they’re so tightly wrapped that they’ll only do it one night a year.” | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1934 | |
| Worried About THC-Laced Halloween Candy? Myth Debunker Says Concerns Are Unfounded | Worried About THC-Laced Halloween Candy? Myth Debunker Says Concerns Are Unfounded | | https://www.newsweek.com/worried-about-thc-laced-halloween-candy-myth-debunker-says-concerns-are-unfounded-1644010 | | 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z | | Newsweek | Joel Best, sociology, says this year's trick-or-treat fear was just an update of the old "razor blades in the candy" myth. "This story gets refreshed all the time," Best explained. "After 9/11, there were stories about people getting terrorist messages in cupcakes. We sort of update this to fit our current anxieties." | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1935 | |
| Should you check your child’s Halloween candy? The truth about THC, poison and razor-blade trick-or-treat scares | Should you check your child’s Halloween candy? The truth about THC, poison and razor-blade trick-or-treat scares | | https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/halloween-candy-poison-thc-razor-blades-real-fake-120031463.html | | 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z | | Yahoo! Lifestyle (US) | The paranoia over tainted candy began in the 1960s with a "Dear Abby" column, was publicized by police and pushed by the media, Best told Yahoo News. "The media got really hyped about this, because they were like, 'Oh my God, there's going to be trick-or-treating,'" Best explains. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1966 | |
| That Tainted Halloween Candy Myth Just Won’t Go Away | That Tainted Halloween Candy Myth Just Won’t Go Away | | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/us/halloween-candy-thc-marijuana.html | | 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z | | New York Times | The specter of THC-laced candies is no more threatening than past baseless legends, said Joel Best, sociology, who has studied the topic since 1983. “This spreads primarily among people who have no idea what this stuff costs,” he said. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1967 | |
| Check Your Kids’ Halloween Candy, It May Have This Terrifying Meme Inside | Check Your Kids’ Halloween Candy, It May Have This Terrifying Meme Inside | | https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/halloween-sadism-memes | | 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z | | MEL Magazine | Like children digging in their Halloween haul, the media can't get enough of Joel Best's research into candy-tampering myths. The sociology professor's decades of work on the subject has found that reports of foreign objects, drugs or poison in treats received from unknown adults are nothing more than urban legend. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1843 | |
| Razor blades and weed edibles: Behind the enduring Halloween "candy poisoning" urban legends | Razor blades and weed edibles: Behind the enduring Halloween "candy poisoning" urban legends | | https://www.salon.com/2021/10/23/razor-blades-and-weed-edibles-behind-the-enduring-halloween-candy-poisoning-urban-legends/ | | 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z | | Salon | This time, it's Salon reaching for Best's annual research treat for an article about the spooky folk tale. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1842 | |
