Damned Lies and Statistics

Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

1998

Deviance

Career of a Concept

2003

Everyone's a Winner

Life in Our Congratulatory Culture

2011

Flavor of the Month

Why Smart People Fall for Fads

2006

Kids Gone Wild

From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex

2014

More Damned Lies and Statistics

How Numbers Confuse Public Issues

2004

Random Violence

How We Talk about New Crimes and New Victims

1999

Social Problems

2007

Stat-Spotting

A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

2008

The Satanism Scare

1991

Threatened Children

Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims

1990