Joel Gordon Best (born August 21, 1946) is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware.
His current research focuses on awards, prizes, and honors in American culture.
When asked about his prolific output, Best responded, “If you write a page per day, or every few days, you will have a book by the end of the year.”[1] He was a source cast member on the critically acclaimed show Adam Ruins Everything.
Best provided evidence supporting the fact that strangers, contrary to popular belief, do not (with a single rare exception of an estranged father-son situation) and have never tampered with or poisoned the candy given to a trick-or-treater as far as records can provide.
Best is the author of over 20 books and dozens of articles challenging and debunking conventional wisdom to show that often things are not as they seem to be.