July 2006
VITA
RONALD L. AKERS
FORMAL EDUCATION
B.S., cum laude, in Secondary Education (Social
Studies), Indiana State
University, Terre Haute, Indiana,
1960
M.A., in Sociology, Kent State University, Kent,
Ohio, 1961
Ph.D., in Sociology, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky, 1966
POSITIONS HELD
2004-
Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society
2001-2004
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences,
University of Florida
1994-2001 Director, Center for Studies in
Criminology and Law, University of Florida
1998-2001 University of Florida Research Foundation
Professor
1985-2004 Professor, Department of Sociology
(Graduate Coordinator - 1988 - 1993),
University of Florida
1980-85 Chairman and Professor, Department of
Sociology, University of Florida
1978-80 Chairman and Professor, Department of
Sociology, University of Iowa
1974-80 Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Iowa
1976-77 Visiting Fellow, Boys Town Center for the
Study of Youth
Development.
1972-74 Professor, School of Criminology, Florida
State University
1969-72 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Washington
1965-68 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Washington
1967 Summer visiting faculty,
University of Alberta
1968 Summer visiting
faculty, San Diego State University
1963 Summer visiting
faculty, Berea College
1961-62 Instructor, Kent State University
RESEARCH: EXTERNALLY FUNDED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, PI or Co-PI
1963 Mental Health Clinic
attendance by former hospital patients
in Eastern Kentucky (with C. O.
Carlton) (Kentucky Department of Mental
Health, summer research project,
$2000 direct costs)
1964-65 Professional organization, political power
and occupational
laws (Ph.D. research NSF
Cooperative Fellowship, $4000)
1967 Evaluation of Statewide
programs on teenage drinking in the
U.S. (Unigard, $1500 direct cost)
1970-72 Comparative study of prison organization and
the inmate system (with Norman
Hayner and Werner Gruninger)
(NIMH, $70,000 direct cost)
1976-77 Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Use; Knowledge
and Opinion of
the Law; (with Marvin D. Krohn,
Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, and Marcia Radosevich) (Boys Town
Center, $126,000 direct cost).
1978 Evaluation of Juvenile
Diversion Program (with Derek Mason)
(Eastern Iowa Area Crime
Commission, $2,200 direct cost).
1978-79 Evaluation of Youth Shelter Facility (with
Derek Mason)
(Southern Iowa Area Crime
Commission and CJI, $10,000 direct cost).
1979-84 Adolescent Smoking Behavior (with co-PI
Ronald Lauer,
Pediatrics) ( NICHHD, $400,800
direct cost).
1982-86 Alcohol and the Elderly (with co-PI Anthony
La Greca) (NIAAA $358,000 direct
costs).
1983-86 The Educative and Deterrent Effects of the
Law (with co-PI
Lonn Lanza-Kaduce) (National
Science Foundation $33,000 direct costs).
1988 Prediction of
Delinquency. Florida Department of Education. (with Co-PI Thomas
Blomberg and Gordon Waldo, FSU)
($50,000 direct costs).
1989-90 PI, advisor and supervisor, Dissertation
Research Grant for Doctoral Student, Linda
Smith, Community Control and
Recidivism, (National Institute of Justice,
$10,000 direct cost).
1992-93 Enhancing Jail Removal of Juveniles in Two
Counties. (with Co-PI Lonn Lanza-
Kaduce) (Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
Youth and Family Services Program
Office, Florida Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services,
$110,798 direct costs).
1992-93 Hurricane Andrew: The Impact on Law and
Social Control (with co-PI Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce) (National Science
Foundation, $17,250 direct costs).
1994 Inventory and Survey of
Intermediate Sanction Programs Funded and Operated
by County Government (with Co-PI,
Linda G. Smith)(Collins Center and
Task Force on the Criminal
Justice and Corrections Systems, $30,000 direct
costs)
1998-99 PI, advisor, and
supervisor, Dissertation Research Grant for Doctoral Student, Marcia
Marcionette, Evaluation of a Post-Adjudication Felony Drug Court
(National Institute of Justice, 22,500 direct cost).
2001-04 Alliance for Graduate Education and the
Professoriate, years 4 and 5 (with David Colburn,
Provost,PI, and Anne Donnelly and
others as co-PI’s.) (National Science Foundation, approx. $1,
500, 000 for the two years). I became co-PI on this project as a
part of my position as Associate Dean of CLAS. Anne
Donnelly was the primary co-PI managing the project and I carried the
principal responsibility of managing the project on behalf of CLAS. I
did not participate in the preparation and submission of the original
proposal.)
2004-07 Evaluation of Faith Based Mentoring Program
for Juveniles (with co-PI’s Jodi
Lane and Lonn Lanza-Kaduce)
(Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, $348,000 direct
costs)
CONSULTING
1967-72 State of Washington Department of Health and
Social Services,
(review of research proposals)
1969 State of Washington
Delinquency Planning Institute
(Consultant on delinquency
prevention and treatment)
1967-68 Unigard Insurance Group (prevention of
teenage drinking)
1971-72 Zaring Corporation (evaluation of LEAA
education and research
projects in State of
Washington)
1969-72 U.S. Department of Labor (review panel for
manpower development
laboratory in corrections at
Draper Correctional Facility, Alabama)
1974 LEAA Review of proposed
doctoral program, U. of Neb. Omaha
1975 College of William and Mary
Metropolitan Criminal Justice Center
(project on impact of legal
process on delinquents)
1975-79 PRC Public Management Services (review and
evaluation of LEAA
research and OCJET education
projects, U.S. Department of Justice including dissertation
research program, unsolicited
research projects, NY Drug Law project)
1978 Criminal Justice Institute,
Iowa (youth shelter project)
1981 NIMH (review of delinquency
research proposals)
1982 Research Council of Canada
(review of law research proposal)
1982 NIDA/NIMH (review of
delinquency research proposal)
1980-84 Koba Associates (review and evaluation of
NIJ research and prevention proposals
and reports)
1984 National Center for Juvenile
Justice (drugs and delinquency)
1987-94 Educational Testing Service-GRE Sociology
Advanced Exam
1988-89 Attorney General's Task Force on Crimes and
the Elderly (State of Florida),
(member of Task Force).
1991-92 Applied Corrections Research, Inc.
(consultation on evaluation of drug/alcohol rehabilitation
and literary programs in county
correctional facilities, Contra Costa County, California)
1983-present National Science Foundation (review of
law and society and sociology research proposals)
1986-present External reviewer for programs in
criminology and sociology (Auburn U.; U. of Ark.;
U. of Tenn.,initial and
mid-cycle; Wayne State U., U. of Neb.; U. of GA; John Jay College;
Penn State U., North
Carolina State U.)
1998- National Institute of Justice Peer Review
Panel (review of unsolicited research proposals)
2004-05 Westat CSAP Data Coordinating Center
National Outcome Measures Initiative (consultation
on item selection and
construction for instruments to be used in outcome measures for
substance abuse programs and policies)
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Criminology Editorial Board, Journal of Criminal Law
and Criminology
Editorial Policy Board, Deviant Behavior
Board of Advisory Editors, Sociological Inquiry
(1990-98)
Board of Associate Editors, Journal of Drug Issues
Editorial Advisory Board, Criminology (1998-99)
Series Co-editor (with Gary Jensen), Roxbury
Publishing (2000-2003)
Advisory Editor, Encyclopedia of Criminology and
Deviant Behavior, Taylor and Francis
Founding member of Editorial Review
Board Active Voices, multidisciplinary journal for
scholarly contributions by graduate students in the social sciences as
of Dec. 2004.
Manuscript referee for American Sociological Review,
Social Forces, Social Problems,
Criminology, American Journal of
Sociology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice
Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative
Criminology, Sociological Perspective, Sociological Focus, and
other journals
AWARDS AND HONORARY SOCIETIES
Undergraduate and Graduate
Outstanding Sophomore Award, Indiana State
University, 1958
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and
Universities, 1959
Best Completed Project Award, Kentucky Department of
Mental Health, The
Research Award Committee of the
Research Bulletin, 1964 (co-recipient with Charles O. Carlton)
Kappa Delta Phi, Education Honorary
Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology Honorary
National Science Foundation Cooperative Fellowship
Award, 1962-1965
Professional
Distinguished Doctoral Alumnus (1980) University of
Kentucky, Department
of Sociology
Edwin H. Sutherland Award (1988), American Society
of Criminology
(for outstanding contributions to
criminological theory and research)
Professorial Excellence Award (1996), University of
Florida
University of Florida Research Foundation
Professorship (1998-2001)
Ronald L. Akers Endowed
Professorship in Criminology and Deviance
(A permanently endowed
professorship in my name established in 1999 at the University of
Kentucky, Department of Sociology)
Roll of Honor, Southern Sociological Society
Fellow of the American Society of Criminology
Listed in American Men and Women of Science
Listed in Who's Who in South and Southwest
Listed in Who's Who in American Education
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
(Elected offices underlined)
American Society of Criminology
President, 1978-79
Executive Council Member
1972-1976, 1977-1980
Vice President 1975-76
Program Committee 1977, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001;
Nominations committee 1983, 1985(Chair); Carte' Student Paper
competition committee, 1988 (Chair); Affirmative Action Committee
(1991-1992); Fellows Committee 1992-94 (Chair, 1992-93); Chair, Finance
Committee, 1994-95. Oral History Advisory Committee (1996-2001 );
Hindelang Award Committee, 2002; Sutherland Award Committee (Chair),
2002-03.
Organizer and performer (with Ken Tunnell), ASC
Bluegrass Band benefit performance for ASC Minority Fund, 1993-present
Southern Sociological Society
President, 1991-92
Executive Committee, 1985-1988;
1990-1994
Membership Committee, Chairman for Florida, 1983-85
Organizer and performer (with Ken Tunnell), annual
SSS Bluegrass Band performance, 1986-present
American Sociological Association
Chairman, Section on Criminology
, 1979-80; James F. Short Award Committee (2002)
Society for the Study of Social Problems (not
currently a member)
Committee on Committees, 1987-90,
Chair, 1988
Committee on Standards and
Freedom of Research, Teaching, and Publication 1980-83,
Chair, 1983
Presidential Nominee, 1986; C.W. Mills Award
Committee, 1987-88
Christian Sociological Society
Steering Committee, 1986
-
Coordinator, 1994 - 2002
Midsouth Sociological Association
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Law and Society Association (not currently a member)
UPPER DIVISION AND GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
Theories of Crime and Deviance
Criminological Theory
Criminology
Deviance
Juvenile Delinquency
Alcohol, Drugs, and Society
Sociology of Alcohol and Drug Behavior
Sociology of Law
Corrections
Law and Criminal Justice
RONALD L. AKERS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Authored and Co-authored books
Books with subsequent revisions, editions, versions,
and reprints
Deviant Behavior: A Social Learning Approach
Deviant Behavior: A Social Learning
Approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company,
1973.
Deviant Behavior: A Social Learning Approach.
Second Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Publishing Company, 1977.
Deviant Behavior: A Social Learning Approach.
Third Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1985.
Deviant Behavior: A Social Learning Approach.
Third Edition, Hardback Reprinted Edition, Fairfax , VA: TechBooks,
1992.
Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation,
and Application
Criminological Theories: Introduction and
Evaluation. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing, 1994.
Criminological Theories: Introduction and
Evaluation. Second Edition Los Angeles: Roxbury
Publishing, 1997.
Criminological Theories:
Introduction and Evaluation. International Edition London: Fitzroy
Dearborn, 1999.
Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation,
and Application. Third Edition. Los Angeles:
Roxbury Publishing,
2000.
Criminological Theories: Introduction and
Evaluation. Korean Translation. Kilan Publishing Co., 2000.
Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation,
and Application. Fourth Edition. Los Angeles:
Roxbury Publishing,
2004 (Ronald L. Akers and Christine Sellers)
Instructors Manual:
Criminological Theories. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing, 1994; 1997
(with Donna Bishop); 2000, 2004 (with Christine S. Sellers).
Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation,
and Application. Fourth Edition. Hardcover reprint of Fourth
Edition for India, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Bangladesh,
and Sri Lanka. Jaipur, India: Rawat Publications 2004 (with
Christine S. Sellers)
Books with no subsequent editions
Law and Control in Society. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall Co., 1975. (authored in part and edited in
part, Ronald L. Akers and Richard Hawkins).
Drugs, Alcohol, and Society. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing, 1992.
Social Learning and Social Structure: A General
Theory of Crime and Deviance. Boston: Northeastern
University Press, 1998.
Edited and Co-edited Books
Crime Prevention and Social Control. New
York: Praeger Publishing Company, 1974. (edited,
Ronald L. Akers and Edward
Sagarin).
Crime, Law and Sanctions: Theoretical
Perspectives. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1978.
(edited, Marvin D. Krohn and
Ronald L. Akers).
Social Learning Theory and the Explanation of Crime:
A Guide for the New Century, Vol 11 Advances in
Criminological Theory. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books,
2003 (Edited, Ronald L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen).
ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
(By year)
1964
"Socio-Economic Status and Delinquent
Behavior: A Re-Test," The Journal of Research in Crime
and
Delinquency, 1:38-46, January, 1964.
1965
"Toward a Comparative Definition of Law,"
Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police
Science, 56:301-306,
September, 1965.
1966
"Are Operant Principles Tautological?" The
Psychological Record, 16:305-312, July, 1966
(Robert L. Burgess and
Ronald L. Akers).
"A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of
Criminal Behavior," Social Problems,
14:363-383, Fall,
1966 (Robert L. Burgess and Ronald L. Akers).
1968
"Differential Organization of Health
Professions: A Comparative Analysis," American Sociological
Review,
33:104-121, February, 1968 (Ronald L. Akers and Richard Quinney).
"Opiate Use, Addiction, and Relapse," Social
Problems, 15:459-469, Spring, 1968 (Ronald L. Akers,
Robert L.
Burgess, and Weldon T. Johnson).
"Teenage Drinking: A Survey of Action Programs
and Research," Journal of Alcohol Education,
13:1-10, Spring, 1968.
"The Professional Association and the Legal
Regulation of Practice," Law and Society Review,
2:463-482, May, 1968.
"Problems in the Sociology of Deviance: Social
Definitions and Behavior," Social Forces,
46:455-465, Spring, 1968.
1970
"Teenage Drinking and Drug Use," in Ellis
Evans, ed., Adolescents, Dryden Press, 1970,
pp. 267-288.
"Framework for the Comparative Study of Group
Cohesion: The Professions," Pacific Sociological
Review, 13:73-85, Spring, 1970.
"Size and the Administrative Component in
Occupational Associations," Pacific Sociological Review,
13:241-251, Fall, 1970 (Ronald L.
Akers and Frederick Campbell).
"Organizational Size, Complexity, and the
Administrative Component in Occupational Associations,"
Sociological Quarterly, II:
435-451, Fall, 1970 (Frederick Campbell and Ronald L. Akers).
1971
"On Maris' Social Forces in Urban Suicide,"
comment in Bulletin of Suicidology 8 (Fall, 1971):8.
"On the Prevalence of Persons Who Have Attempted
Suicide in Los Angeles," comment in Bulletin
of Suicidology 8 (Fall, 1971)
1972
"Comment on Gove's Evaluation of Societal Reaction
as an Explanation of Mental Illness,"
American Sociological Review, 37
(August, 1972): 487-488.
1973
"Deviance and Conformity," Ch. 11 in Society
Today, Second Edition, Del Mar, California:
CRM Books, 1973; pp. 175-186.
1974
"Homosexual and Drug Behavior in Prison: A
Test of the Functional and Importation Models,"
Social Problems, 21:410-422, No.
3, 1974 (Ronald L. Akers, Norman Hayner and Werner
Gruninger). (A version of
this paper also appears in Sagarin and MacNamara, ed.,
Corrections: Problems of
Punishment and Rehabilitation. New York: Praeger Pub., 1973,
pp. 70-79).
1975
"Sexual Problems in American Society," in
Social Problems. Del Mar, California: CRM Books,
1965; pp.231-261.
1976
"Prison Inmate Roles: Inter-organizational and
Cross-Cultural Comparisons," International Journal
of Criminology and Penology,
4:365-381, 1976 (Ronald L. Akers, Werner Gruninger and
Norman S. Hayner).
1977
Prisonization in Five Countries: Type of
Prison and Inmate Characteristics," Criminology,
4:526-54, February, 1977 (Ronald
L. Akers, Norman S. Hayner and Werner Gruninger).
"Time Served, Career Phase, and Prisonization:
Findings from Five Countries," in Robert Leger
and John Stratton, ed., The
Sociology of Corrections, New York: Wiley, 1977, pp. 216-227.
"Type of Leadership in Prison," Sociological
Quarterly, 13:378-383, Summer, 1977.
"An Alternative View of the Labeling vs. Psychiatric
Perspectives on Societal Reaction to Mental
Illness," Social Forces,
56:341-361. December, 1977 (Marvin D. Krohn and Ronald L.
Akers).
1979
"Theory and Ideology in Marxist Criminology,"
Criminology, 16:527-544 February, 1979
(invited symposium contribution)
"Sociology of Adolescent Drug and Drinking Behavior,
Part 1," Deviant Behavior, 1:15-35,
1979 (Marcia Adosevich, Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, Ronald L. Akers and Marvin Krohn)
"Social Learning and Deviant Behavior: A
Specific Test of a General Theory," American
Sociological Review, 44:636-655,
August, 1979 (Ronald L. Akers, Marvin Krohn,
Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, ad
Marcia Radosevich).
"Law and Durkheimian Order," in Paul J. Brantingham
and Jack M. Kress, eds., Structure, Law
Power: Essaysin the
Sociology of Law. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications,
(Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, Marvin D. Krohn,
Ronald L. Akers and Marcia Radosvich), 1979, pp. 41-61.
1980
"Social Status and Deviance: Class Context of
School, Social Status, and Delinquent Behavior,"
Criminology 18:303-318,
1980 (Marvin D. Krohn, Ronald L. Akers, Marcia J. Radosevich,
and Lonn Lanza-Kaduce).
"Sociology of Adolescent Drug and Drinking Behavior,
Part II," Deviant Behavior, 1:145-169, 1980
(Marcia Radosevich, Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, Ronald L. Akers and Marvin Krohn).
"Further Critical Thoughts on Marxist Criminology,"
in James Inciardi, ed., Radical Criminology.
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1980
1981
"Social Characteristics and Self-Reported
Delinquency: Differences in Extreme Types," in Gary F.
Jensen, ed., Sociology of
Delinquency. Beverly Hills: Sage, 1981, pp. 48-62 (Ronald L.
Akers, Marvin D. Krohn,
Marcia Radosevich, and Lonn Lanza-Kaduce).
"Reflections of a Social Behaviorist on Behavioral
Sociology," American Sociologist, 16:177-180,
August, 1981 (invited
symposium contribution).
"Norms, Definitions, and Deviance: Comment on
Meier" Deviant Behavior 3:27-31, 1981 (invited
symposium contribution).
1982
"Conceptual and Analytical Models in Testing Social
Learning Theory: Reply to Stafford and
Ekland-Olsen and
Strictland," American Sociological Review 47:169-173, 1982.
(Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Ronald L.
Akers, Marvin D. Krohn and Marcia Radosevich).
"Norm Qualities and Adolescent Substance Use,"
Journal of Drug Issues 12:343-359, 1982 (Marvin
D. Krohn, Ronald L. Akers,
Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, and Marcia Radosevich).
"The Evaluation of Cigarette Smoking Among
Adolescents: The Muscatine Study." Preventive
Medicine 11:417-428, 1982 (Ronald
M. Lauer, Ronald L. Akers, James Massey, and William
Clarke).
1983
"Are Self-reports of Adolescent Deviance
Valid? Bio-Chemical Measures, Randomized Response
and the Bogus Pipeline in
Smoking Behavior, Social Forces 62:234-251, 1983
(Ronald L. Akers, James Massey,
Ronald Lauer, and William Clarke).
1984
"Cessation of Alcohol and Drug Use Among
Adolescents: A Social Learning Model," Deviant
Behavior 5:79-96, 1984 (Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, Ronald L. Akers, Marvin D. Krohn, and
Marcia Radosevich).
"Community Context and Theories of Deviant
Behavior: An Examination of Social Learning and
Social Bonding Theories"
Sociological Quarterly 25:353-71, 1984 (Marvin D. Krohn, Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, and Ronald L.
Akers).
"Delinquent Behavior, Drugs, and Alcohol: What
is the Relationship?" Today's Delinquent
3:19-47, 1984 (invited article).
1985
"Social Learning Theory and Adolescent Cigarette
Smoking," Social Problems 32:455-73, 1985
(Marvin D. Krohn, W.F. Skinner,
J.L. Massey, and Ronald L. Akers).
"Adolescent Marijuana Use: A Test of Three Theories
of Deviant Behavior," Deviant Behavior
6:323-46, 1985 (Ronald L.
Akers and John K. Cochran).
1986
"The Exclusionary Rule: Legal Doctrine and
Social Research on Constitutional Norms, " Research
Bulletin of the Criminal Justice
Center 2(5):1-6. 1986 (Ronald L. Akers and Lonn Lanza-
Kaduce).
1987
"Recent Trends in Teenage Tobacco Use:
Findings from a Five-year Longitudinal Study," Sociology and
Social Research,
71:110-114, 1987 (Ronald L. Akers, William F. Skinner, Marvin D.
Krohn, and Ronald M. Lauer).
"Commentary on Baldwin" Florida Law Review
39:551-554.
"Fear of Crime and Victimization among the Elderly
in Different Types of Communities,"
Criminology 25:487-505,
1987 (Ronald L. Akers, Anthony J. La Greca, Christine Sellers,
John Cochran).
1988
"Theoretical Perspectives on Deviant Behavior among
the Elderly," in Belinda McCarthy and Robert
Langworthy, eds., Older
Offenders: Perspectives in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
New York: Praeger 1988, pp.
35-50 (Ronald L. Akers, Anthony J. La Greca, and Christine
Sellers).
"Alcohol, Contact with the Legal System, and Illegal
Behavior among the Elderly," in Belinda McCarthy
and Robert Langworthy,
eds., Older Offenders: Perspectives in Criminology and Criminal
Justice. New York: Praeger
1988, 51-61 (Ronald L. Akers and Anthony J. La Greca).
"Life Events and Alcohol Behavior among Older
Adults," The Gerontologist 4:552-558, 1988
(Anthony J. La Greca, Ronald L.
Akers, and Jeffrey W. Dwyer).
"Social Learning Variables and the Risk of Habitual
Smoking among Adolescents: The Muscatine Study
American Journal of Preventive
Medicine 4: 336-348, 1988 (Sherilyn Spear and Ronald L.
Akers).
1989
"A Social Behaviorist's Perspective on Integration
of Theories of Crime and Deviance." in
Steven F. Messner, Marvin D.
Krohn, and Allen E. Liska, eds., Theoretical Integration in
the Study of Deviance and Crime.
Albany: SUNY Press, 1989.
"Beyond Hellfire: an Exploration of the Variable
Effects of Religiosity on Adolescent Marijuana
and Alcohol Use," Journal
of Research on Crime and Delinquency 26: 198-225, 1989
(John K. Cochran and Ronald L.
Akers)
"Donald Cressey: An Intellectual Portrait of a
Criminologist," Sociological Inquiry 59:424-438,
1989 (Ronald L. Akers and
Ross Matsueda)
"Social Learning and Alcohol Behavior among
the Elderly," Sociological Quarterly 30: 625-63, 1989
(Ronald L. Akers, Anthony
J. La Greca, John K. Cochran, and Christine Sellers)
1990
"Rational Choice, Deterrence, and Social Learning
Theory in Criminology: the Path Not Taken,”
Journal of Criminal Law and
Criminology 81:653-676, 1990
1991
"Social Contexts and Social Learning in Sexual
Coercion and Aggression: Assessing the Contribution of
Fraternity Membership,"
Family Relations 40:558-64, 1991 (Scot Boeringer, Constance L.
Shehan, and Ronald L. Akers
"Addiction: the Troublesome Concept," Journal of
Drug Issues 21: 777-793
"Alcohol Use among the Elderly" Social Learning,
Community Context, and Life Events,"(Ronald L.
Akers and Anthony J. La Greca) pp. 242-262 in: David
J. Pittman and Helene White, eds., Society, Culture and Drinking
Patterns Re-examined. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center of
Alcohol Studies, 1991
"Self-control as a General Theory of Crime,"
review essay, Journal of Quantitative Criminology
7:201-211, 1991
1992
"Alcohol," pp. 41-48 in Edgar F. Borgatta,
Editor in Chief and Marie L. Borgatta, Managing Editor,
Encyclopedia of
Sociology. New York: Macmillan, 1992
"What to Do about Drugs? Consequences and reform of
public policy," Criminal Justice Review
17:280-290, 1992 (review
essay).
"Linking Sociology to its Specialties: the Case of
Criminology," Social Forces 71:1-16, 1992
(SSS Presidential address).
1993
"Community Control, Imprisonment, and Recidivism,"
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency:
30:267-292, 1993 (Linda
Smith and Ronald L. Akers)
"It's a 'White Thing': Exploration of Beliefs about
Suicide in the African American Community,"
Deviant Behavior
14:277-296, 1993 (Kevin Early and Ronald L. Akers).
1994
"Labeling Theory," Encyclopedia of Linguistics.
1995
"Theories of Crime and Deviance," PRIMIS Chapter.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
"Supervisor Referrals to an Employee Assistance
Program: a Social Learning Perspective," Journal of
Drug Issues 25: 341-361, 1995
(Michael Capece and Ronald L. Akers).
"Routine Activities and Social Control in the
Aftermath of a Natural Catastrophe," European Journal of
Criminal Policy and Research
3:56-69, 1995 (Paul Cromwell, Roger Dunham, Ronald L. Akers, and Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce).
1996
“Is Differential Association/social Learning
Cultural Deviance Theory?” Criminology 34:229-248, 1996.
“A Longitudinal Test of
Social Learning Theory: Adolescent Smoking,” Journal of Drug
Issues 26:317-344, 1996 (Ronald L. Akers and Gang Lee).
“Deterrence and the Death Penalty: the Views
of the Experts,” Journal of Criminal Law and
Criminology, 87:871-889, 1996 (Michael Radelet and
Ronald L. Akers).
1998
“Policing in the Wake of Hurricane Andrew: Comparing
Citizen and Police Priorities,” Policing:
An International Journal of
Police Strategies and Management, 21: 330-338, 1998
(Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Roger Dunham,
Ronald L. Akers, and Paul Cromwell).
1999
“Age, Social Learning, and Social Bonding in
Adolescent Substance Use,” Deviant Behavior 20: 1-26, 1999.
(Ronald L. Akers and Gang Lee)
“Social Learning and Social Structure:
Reply to Sampson, Morash, and Krohn,” Theoretical
Criminology 3: 477-493, 1999 (an invited response to critical essays in
a journal symposium on my 1998 book).
2000
“Worry about Victimization: An Alternative and
Reliable Measure for Fear of Crime,” Western Criminology
Review 2(2), 2000. [Online] http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v2n2/williams.html.
(Frank P. Williams, III, Marilyn D. McShane, and Ronald L. Akers).
“Alcohol” pp. 92-99 in
Encyclopedia of Sociology, Volume 1, 2nd edition, Edgar Borgatta and
Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, editors. New York: Macmillan Reference USA
(Ronald L. Akers and Thomas R.
Heffington)
2001
“Alcohol and Drugs in American society,”
pp. 69-90 In Norman A. Dolch and Linda Deutschmann, eds., Social
Problems: A Case Study Approach. Dix Hills, NY: General Hall,
2001 (Thomas R. Heffington, Ronald L. Akers, and Terry Danner)
“Social Learning Theory,” pp. 378-382
in Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior : Volume 1,
Historical, Conceptual and Theoretical Issues, Patricia A. Adler, Peter
Adler, and Jay Corzine, editors. Clifton D. Byrant,
Editor-in-Chief. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge Taylor and
Francis, 2001.
“Social Learning Theory” pp. 192-210 in
Raymond Paternoster and Ronet Bachman, eds., Explaining Criminals
and Crime. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing, 2001.
2003
"Adolescent Substance in South Korea: A
Cross-Cultural Test of Three Theories" pp. 39-64 in Ronald L .Akers and
Gary F. Jensen, eds., Social Learning Theory and the Explanation
of Crime: A Guide for the New Century. Advances in Criminological
Theory, Vol 11. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2003
(.Sunghyun Hwang and Ronald L. Akers).
“Taking Social Learning Global: Micro-Macro
Transitions in Criminological Theory.” Pp. 9-38
In Ronald L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen, eds., Social
Learning Theory and the Explanation of Crime: A Guide for the New
Century. Advances in Criminological Theory, Vol 11. New Brunswick, NJ:
Transaction Publishers, 2003 (Gary F. Jensen and Ronald Akers).
“Editors’ Introduction: Social Learning
Theory and the Explanation of Crime” pp. 1-8 In
Ronald L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen, eds., Social Learning Theory and
the Explanation of Crime: A Guide for the New Century. Advances in
Criminological Theory, Vol 11. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers, 2003 (Ronald L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen).
“Donald R. Cressey,” Encyclopedia
of Criminology R. Wright (ed.) Chicago: Fitzroy
Dearborn (Ross L. Matsueda and Ronald L. Akers)
2004
"Social Learning and Structural Factors in
Adolescent Substance Use," Western Criminology Review 5(1) [on-line]
http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v5n1/lee.htm (Gang Lee, Ronald L. Akers,
and Marian Borg).
“Toward a Social Learning Model of Violence
and Terrorism” in Zahn, M.A., Brownstein, H.H., &
Jackson, S.L. editors, Violence: From Theory to Research. Cincinnati,
OH: LexisNexis - Anderson Publishing, 2004 ( Ronald L.
Akers and Adam Silverman ).
2005
“Sociological Theory and Practice: The Case of
Criminology,” Journal of Applied Sociology/Sociological Practice:
A Journal of Applied and Clinical Sociology 22/7:24-41.
2006
“Social Learning Theory: Correcting
Misconceptions,”pp. 89-99 in Stuart Henry and Mark Lanier,
eds., The Essential Criminology Reader, Westview Press (Christine S.
Sellers and Ronald L. Akers).
“Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory:
Past, Present, and Future” 37-76 in Frances T. Cullen, John Paul
Wright, and Kristie R. Blevins, eds. Taking Stock: The Status of
Criminological Theory, Vol. 15 Advances in Criminological Theory.
Transaction Publishing, (Ronald L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen).
“Theory and Research in the Sociology
and Social Psychology of Crime and Deviance,” in Mathieu
Deflem, ed., Sociological Theory and Criminological Research:
Views from Europe and the United States. Elsevier Science
Forthcoming
“Self-Control , Social Learning, and
Positivistic Theories of Crime” in Erich Goode, ed. Evaluating
the General Theory of Crime New York: Cambridge University Press.
REPRINTED ARTICLES
"Toward a Comparative Definition of Law,"
In: The Crime Problem
(Walter Reckless) New York:
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 4th ed.,
1967, pp. 67-72.
"A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of
Criminal Behavior,"
In: Behavioral Sociology (Robert
L. Burgess and Don Bushell, eds.) New York: Columbia
University Press, 1969, pp.
291-320.
In: Delinquency, Crime, and
Social Process (Donald R. Cressey and David A. Ward, eds.)
New York: Harper and Row, pp.
532-556.
In: Criminal Behavior and
Social Systems (Anthony Guenther, ed.) Chicago: Rand
McNally, 1970, pp. 122-134.
In: Social Deviance (Ronald
A. Farrell and Victoria L. Swigert, eds.) Philadelphia:
J.B. Lippincott Co., 1975 and
1978, pp. 220-247.
In: Readings in Juvenile
Delinquency (Dean Rojek and Gary Jensen, eds.) Lexington,
MA: D.C. Heath, 1982, pp.
132-146.
In: Classics of
Criminology (Joseph E. Jacoby, ed.), 2nd Ed., Prospect Heights,
IL:
Waveland Press, 1994, pp.
228-236.
In: Juvenile Delinquency (Joseph
G. Weis, Robert D. Crutchfield, and George S. Bridges, eds.)
Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1996, pp. 226-234.
"Problems in the Sociology of Deviance: Social
Definitions and Behavior,"
In: Juvenile
Delinquency: A Reader (James E. Teele, ed.) Itasca,
Illinois: F. E. Peacock,
1970, pp. 76-85.
"Homosexual and Drug Behavior in Prison,"
In: The Sociology of
Corrections (Robert Leger and John Stratton, eds.) New York:
Wiley, 1977, pp. 162-175.
"Prisonization in Five Countries"
In: Incarceration:
The Sociology of Imprisonment (Donal E. J., MacNamara and Fred
Montanino, eds.) Beverly
Hills: Sage, 1978, pp. 97-124.
"Social Learning and Deviant Behavior: A
Specific Test of a General Theory."
In: Readings in Juvenile
Delinquency (Dean Rojek and Gary Jensen, eds.) Lexington,
MA: D. C. Heath,
1982, pp. 203-213.
In: Social Deviance (Ronald
A. Farrell and Victoria L. Swigert, eds.) 3rd edition, Belmont:
Wadsworth Publishing, 1988,
pp. 320-26.
In: The Sociology of
Juvenile Delinquency (Ronald J. Berger, ed.) Chicago: Nelson Hall,
1991, pp. 127-148.
In: Contemporary Masters in
Criminology (Joan McCord and John Laub, eds.), New York:
Plenum Press,
In: Juvenile Delinquency:
Historical, Theoretical, and Societal Reactions to Youth. (Paul M.
Sharp and Barry W. Hancock, eds.), Second edition, Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998, pp. 90-97.
"A Social Learning Perspective on Deviant Behavior"
(Chapter from Deviant Behavior, 1985)
In: Criminological Theory:
Selected Classic Readings (Franklin P. Williams III and Marilyn
McShane, eds.) Cincinnati, OH:
Anderson Publishing, 1993, pp. 61-91.
In: Criminological Theory:
Selected Classic Readings, Second Edition, (Franklin P. Williams III
and Marilyn McShane, eds.) Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing, 1998
In: Theories of Crime (Daniel J.
Curran and Claire M. Renzetti, eds.) Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 1994.
In: Criminology Today 3rd
ed.(Frank Schmalleger, ed.) 2001
“A Social Learning Theory of Crime,”(Chapter from
Criminological Theories, 1994)
In: Criminological Theory: Past
to Present (Franics T. Cullen and Robert Agnew, eds.) Los Angeles:
Roxbury Publishing, 1998.
"'It's a White Thing': An Exploration of Beliefs
about Suicide in the African-American Community,
In: The Path Ahead: Readings in
Death and Dying (Lynne Ann Despelder and Albert Lee
Strickland, eds.) Mountain View,
CA: Mayfield Publishing, 1995, pp. 198-210.
In:Readings in Deviant Behavior.
(Alex Thio and Thomas C. Calhoun, eds.) New York: HarperCollins, 1995,
pp. 410-416.
"Law and Durkheimian order"
In: The Sociology of Law (A.
Javier Trevino, ed.), New York: St. Martin's,1993,pp.287-97.
“Is Differential Association/Social Learning
Cultural Deviance Theory?”
In: The Criminology Theory Reader
(Stuart Henry and Werner Einstadter, eds.) New York: New York
University Press, 1998 pp. 228-242.
“Deterrence and the death penalty: the views
of the experts,” reprinted as “”Most experts believe
the death penalty does not deter crime”
In: Does Capital Punishment Deter
Crime? (Stephen E. Schonebaum, ed.) San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999,
pp. 56-69.
“Differential association-reinforcement: A social
learning theory”
In: Sociology of Deviance.
(Joseph Weis, ed.) Thomson Custom Publishing , 2002
“Types of Corporate and White Collar Crime”
In Criminology: a Canadian
Perspective 5th edition. (Eric Linden) Toronto: Nelson Learning,
2004
“Deterrence and the Death Penalty: The Views of the
Experts,”
In: Capital Punishment: A
Balanced Examination (Evan J. Mandery, ed.) Sudbury, MA: Jones and
Bartlett Publishers, 2005, pp.45-49.
BOOK REVIEWS
Anthony Platt, The Childsavers
In: American Sociological
Review, 35:307-308, August, 1970.
Arthur Neiderhoffer, Beyond the Shield: The
Police in Urban Society.
In: American Sociological
Review, 35:405, April, 1970.
Erwin O. Smigel and H. Laurence Ross, eds., Crimes
Against Bureaucracy.
In: American Journal of
Sociology, 78:485, September, 1972.
Jack B. Douglas, eds., Research of Deviance.
In: Social Forces,
52:436-445, March, 1974.
David M. Peterson and Marcello Turzzi, ed., Criminal
Life.
In: Social Forces,
52:436-445, March 1974.
John G. Cull and Richard E. Hardy, eds.,
Fundamentals of Criminal Behavior and Correctional
Systems.
In: Sociology and Social
Research.
Michael Phillipson, Understanding Crime and
Delinquency.
In: Journal of Criminal Law
and Criminology, 66:110-112, 1975.
Marvin E. Wolfgang, Robert Figlio, and Terrence
Thornberry, Evaluating Criminology.
In: Contemporary Sociology,
74-75, January, 1980.
James W. Begun, Professionalism and The Public
Interest,
In: Health Services Research
18:90-91, 1983.
Roger Cotterrell, The Sociology of Law: An
Introduction
In: Contemporary
Crises. 11:90-91, 1987.
Steven Spitzer and Andrew F. Scull, eds., Research
in Law, Deviance and Social Control:
A Research Annual
In: Contemporary Sociology.
17:357-359, 1988.
Don M. Gottfredson and Michael Tonry, eds.,
Prediction and Classification: Criminal Justice
Decision Making.
In: Contemporary Sociology.
18:399-400, 1989.
John Braithwaite, Crime, Shame, and Integration.
In: Contemporary Sociology.
19:722-724, 1990
William A. Vega and Andres G. Gil and others, Drug
Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence
In: Contemporary Sociology.
28:352-353, 1999
Mark Warr, Companions in Crime: The Social Aspects
of Criminal Conduct
In: Contemporary Sociology
32:372-373
INVITED PRESENTATIONS: ACADEMIC AND HONORIFIC
"Social Learning and Adolescent Substance
Use," presented on the occasion of honoring John
Kunkel, University of Western
Ontario, February, 1978.
National Symposium on Higher Education for Police
Officer, Police Foundation, Washington, D.C.,
February, 1979.
"Testing Social Learning with Adolescent Deviance,"
presented to the Fourteenth Annual Interagency
Workshop, Criminal Justice
Center, Sam Houston State University, June, 1979.
"Constructing and Testing Social Learning Theory in
Deviance: Progress and Plans," Distinguished
Alumnus Lecture, Department of
Sociology, University of Kentucky, April, 1980.
"Crime in the 1980s: Supply Side Economy and
Criminal Justice" Kenan Visiting Professor Lecture,
Meredith College, February, 1983.
"The Three D Threat: Drinking, Drugs, and
Delinquency" Kenan Visiting Professor Lecture,
Meredith College, March, 1983.
"Alcohol Behavior Among the Elderly" Division
of Public Health, University of Tennessee, April,
1984.
"The Exclusionary Rule: Legal Doctrine and
Social Research on Constitutional Norms"
Beto Lecture, Criminal
Justice Center, Sam Houston State University, October, 1985.
"Social Learning Theory: Substance Use and
Abuse Among the Young and Old," Department of
Sociology, Emory University,
October, 1986.
"A Social Behaviorist's Perspective on Integration
of Theories of Crime and Deviance," Albany
Conference on Theoretical
Integration in the Study of Deviance and Crime. SUNY, Albany,
May, 1987.
"In the Sutherland Tradition: Progress and Prospects
in Social Learning Theory," Edwin H.
Sutherland Award Address,
American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Nov., 1988.
"Factors Predisposing to Alcohol and
Medication Abuse in the Elderly," (with Anthony La Greca),
Training teleconference for the
Geriatric Education Center, Feb. 28, 1990.
"Drugs and Society," Oakland University April
1992.
"A Social Learning Theory of Drug Use," Wayne State
University April 1992.
"Linking Sociology to Its Specialties: The Case of
Criminology,"
Presidential Address to SSS, New
Orleand, 1992
Three visiting scholar lectures at Lee College,
Cleveland, TN Nov. 9-11, 1995
“Adolescent Drug Problems:
Prevention and Treatment Strategies,”
“Biblical Principles and
Empirical Knowledge of Deviant Behavior”
“Predicting Delinquency and
Adolescent Deviance: What Do We Know?”
“Moral Relativism, Determinism, and Behavioral
Principles,” Presented to the Veritas Forum
University of Florida, Jan. 31,
1996
“Teenage Smoking: Problem, Explanation, and Policy,”
Keynote address at the
Southeastern Undergraduate
Sociology Symposium, U. Of Ga. Feb. 26, 1996.
“A Longitudinal Test of Social Learning Theory:
Teenage Smoking,” Presented to Trainee Seminar
Center for Study of Deviance and
Behavioral Health, U. Of Ga. Feb. 26, 1996.
“A sociological and social
psychological perspective on adolescent smoking,” Presented to
faculty and graduate students in the Department of Clinical Psychology,
Fall, 1997.
“Stability and Change in
Criminal Behavior,” Keynote address, Awards Luncheon for
Probation Officers in the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida,
Gainesville, June 12, 1998
"Age, Drugs, and Drinking: Substance Use Among the
Young and the Old." Invited presentation,
Department of Sociology, University of Akron, Feb.
11, 1999.
“The Paradoxes of Christian Scholarship”
Invited panelist Gulf States Colloquium on Faith and Scholarship
Gainesville March 23, 2002 .
“Theoretical and Philosophical Thoughts on
Police Integrity/Misconduct from a Social Learning
Perspective” Invited presentation and participation, Conference
on Police Corruption/Integrity Continuum, Chapel Hill, July 13,
2002 Earhart Foundation, Dover Foundation, and Elizabeth City
State University
“Toward a Social Learning Model of Violence
and Terrorism” Invited presentation and participation National
Institute of Justice, Conference on Violence and Terrorism, Washington
Dec. 10-11, 2002. (Ronald L. Akers and Adam Silverman)
“Social Learning Theory, Violence, and
Terrorism” Presented at the College of Justice and Safety,
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY Feb. 10, 2004
“Applicability of social learning theory to
correctional practice and policy” workshop address to Idaho
Department of Corrections August 26, 2004 Boise, Idaho
INVITED PRESENTATIONS: PUBLIC SERVICE
"Drinking, Drugs, and Smoking Among
Teenagers," Presented on Iowa Women's Day, Iowa City,
April, 1980.
"Supply Side Crime: The Impact of
Reaganomics" Unitarian Fellowship Gainesville, Florida,
January, 1983.
"Victimization and Fear of Crime Among the Elderly,"
18th Annual Conference,
Florida Crime Prevention
Association, Keynote Banquet Address, Gainesville, May, 1986.
"Perspectives on the Culture of Drugs,"
Panelist/Workshop Speaker at the Law Related Education
Leadership Conference, ABA,
Orlando, FL. November, 1988.
"Trends in Adolescent Substance Abuse," Community
Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse,
Gainesville, January, 1989.
"Religiosity and Adolescent Drug Abuse,"
Prevention Conference on Drugs and Youth: The Role of
the Religious Community,
Gainesville, January, 1989.
"Drugs and Society" Kiwanis of Gainesville, 1989.
"Alcohol and the Elderly" Geriatric Conference,
Veterans Administration Hospital,
Gainesville, Sept. 1989
"Psychosocial Aspects of Drug Abuse,"
Prevention Conference, Drugs and the Family: The Role of
the Religious Community,
Gainesville, Feb. 20, 1990.
"Alcohol and Society," U. of Florida DARE
Dec., 1992.
"A Sociological Perspective on the American Family,"
Union of Methodist Women, Trinity Methodist
Church, Gainesville, FL Oct. 1994
“Criminological theory, faith-based
rehabilitation, and restorative justice,” Governor’s
Task Force on Self-Inflicted Crimes, Ocala, FL Dec 2000
Gulf States Colloquium on Faith and Scholarship, The
Paradoxes of Christian Scholarship, Gainesville March 23
2002 (Invited panelist, no paper presentation)
PAPERS AND SESSIONS AT MEETINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
1964
"Toward a Comparative Definition of Law," Ohio
Valley Sociological Society, Columbus, Ohio,
April, 1964.
1965
"Alternative Responses to a Mental Health
Clinic," Association of Kentucky Sociologists, Richmond,
Ky., March, 1965, (with Charles
O. Carlton).
1966
"A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of
Criminal Behavior, " Pacific Sociological
Association, Vancouver, B.C., April, 1966, (with
Robert L. Burgess).
"Prospects for an Experimental Analysis in
Criminology," American Sociological Association, Miami
Beach, August, 1966, (with Robert
L. Burgess).
"Opiate Use and Addiction: An Operant
Analysis," Pacific Sociological Association, Long Beach,
March, 1966, (with Weldon
Johnson).
1967
"Thoughts on the Sociology of Deviance: Social
Definitions and Behavior, "Pacific Sociological
Association, Long Beach, March, 1967.
1968
"Size and the Administrative Component,"
Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, March
1968, (with Frederick Campbell).
"Organizational Growth and Structural Change,"
American Sociological Association, Boston, August,
1968, (with Frederick Campbell).
1971
"Homosexual Behavior: A Social Learning
Analysis," Southwest Sociological Association, Dallas,
1971.
1972
"Homosexual and Drug Behavior in Different Types of
Prisons, "Interamerican Congress, American
Society of Criminology and
Interamerican Association of Criminology, Caracas,
November, 1972.
Session Chair, Interamerican Congress, American
Society of Criminology and Interamerican
Association of Criminology,
Caracas, November, 1972.
1973
Session Chair, American Society of Criminology,
Chicago, November, 1973.
1974
Session Chair, American Society of Criminology,
Chicago, November, 1974.
1976
Session Organizer, Sociology of Law, Midwest
Sociological Society, St. Louis, April, 1976.
Session Organizer, Two sessions, Criminology,
American Sociological Association, New York,
August, 1976.
1977
Discussant, Deviance session, Midwest Sociological
Society, Minneapolis, April, 1977.
Session Organizer, Learning Theory and Crime,
American Society of Criminology, Atlanta,
November, 1977.
Plenary Session Organizer and Moderator, American
Society of Criminology,
Atlanta, 1977.
1978
"Law and Durkheimian Order," (with Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, Marvin Krohn , and
Marcia Radosevich), American
Society of Criminology, Dallas, November, 1978.
1979
Session Organizer, Criminology, Midwest Sociological
Society, Minneapolis, April, 1979.
Discussant, Criminology session, American
Sociological Association, Boston, September, 1979.
"Norm Qualities and Adolescent Substance Use,"
(with Marvin Krohn), Society for the Study of
Social Problems, Boston, August, 1979.
Roundtable Presenter, American Sociological
Association, Boston, September, 1979. "Testing Social
Learning Theory."
"Class Context of School, Social Status, and
Delinquent Behavior," (with Marvin Krohn), American
Society of Criminology, Philadelphia November, 1979.
1980
Session Organizer, Drugs and Drinking Division,
Society for the Study of Social Problems, New
York, August, 1980.
"Cessation of Alcohol and Drug Use Among
Adolescents: A Social Learning Model," Society for
the Study of Social Problems, New
York, August, 1980, (with Marvin D. Krohn,
Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, Marcia Radosevich).
"Delinquency and Drug Use: An Analysis of
Extreme Types" (with Marvin D. Krohn, Marcia
Radosevich, and Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce), American Society of Criminology, San Francisco,
November, 1980.
1981
Discussant, Juvenile Delinquency Session, American
Sociological Association, Toronto, August, 1981.
Discussant, Criminal Careers Session, American
Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.,
November, 1981.
1982
"Are Self Reports of Adolescent Deviance
Valid? Biochemical Measure, Randomized Response,
and the Bogus Pipeline in
Smoking Behavior" (with James Massey, Ronald Lauer, and
William Clarke)
Southern Sociological Society, Memphis, April, 1982.
Chair, Session on Ethics in Research on Large
Corporations. Society for the Study of Social
Problems, San Francisco,
August, 1982.
Chair, Session on Self-reported Delinquency.
American Society of Criminology, Toronto,
November, 1982.
"Rural-Urban Differences in Adolescent Substance
Use," (with Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Marvin Krohn)
American Society of Criminology,
Toronto, November, 1982).
1983
"Adolescent Marijuana Use: A Test of Three
Theories?" Southern Sociology Society, Atlanta, April,
1983 (with John Cochran).
Discussant Criminology Session. Southern
Sociological Society, Atlanta, April, 1983.
"Adolescent drugs, drinking, and delinquency:
historical and recent trends," American Society
of Criminology, Denver,
November, 1983.
1984
"The Exclusionary Rule: Testing Deterrent and
Other Effects," (with Lonn Lanza-Kaduce) Southern
Sociological Society, Knoxville,
April, 1984.
"The Exclusionary Rule: Its Impact on Police
and Community Support of Fourth Amendment Norms"
(with Lonn Lanza-Kaduce and Mary
Jo Valdes) Law and Society Association,
Boston, June, 1984.
Session Organizer of two sessions and chair of one
session on Ordinary Crime, American
Sociological Society, San
Antonio, August, 1984.
"Alcohol Behavior Among the Elderly" (with Anthony
J. La Greca, Christine Sellers, and John
Cochran) American Society
of Criminology, Cincinnati, November, 1984.
1985
"Life Events and Alcohol Behavior Among the Elderly"
(with Anthony J. La Greca) Society for the
Study of Social Problems,
Washington, D.C., August, 1985.
Session Panelist, Federal Funding of Drug and
Alcohol Research. Society for the Study of Social
Problems, Washington, D.C.,
August, 1985.
"Social Learning Theory and Adolescent Cigarette
Use: A Longitudinal Structure Equation
Model" (with William F. Skinner
and Marvin D. Krohn) San Diego, November, 1985.
"Alcohol and the Elderly: Preliminary Findings
on Social Learning Theory and Experience with the
Legal System" (with Anthony J. La
Greca, Christine Sellers, and John Cochran) American
Society of Criminology, San
Diego, November, 1985.
1986
Session Panelist, The Future of Criminological
Theory, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
Orlando, FL, March, 1986.
"Fear of Crime and Victimization Among the Elderly
in Different Types of Communities" (with
Anthony J. La Greca, John
Cochran, and Christine Sellers) Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Orlando, FL, March,
1986.
"Alcohol and the Elderly: An Assessment of
Research Approaches" (with Anthony J. La Greca)
Society for the Study of
Social Problems, New York, August, 1986.
"Social Learning Theory: Progress and Current
Status" Society for the Study of Social Problems,
New York, August, 1986.
"Discipline and Field of Study: The
Relationship Between Sociology and Criminology" American
Sociological Association,
August, 1986.
Presidential Roundtable, Social Control, Social
Learning, and Adolescent Crime and Delinquency.
American Society of
Criminology, November, 1986.
"The Exclusionary Rule and Police Professionalism"
(with Lonn Lanza-Kaduce) Law and Society
Association, Chicago, June,
1986.
1987
"Fear of Crime: A Comparison of Measurement
Approaches," (with Franklin P. Williams III)
Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, St. Louis, March, 1987.
"Comment on Baldwin," Conference on Procedural
Due Process: Liberty and Justice, UF College
of Law, Gainesville,
February, 1987.
"Normative Climate, Community Context, and Behavior
of Older Adults," Gerontological Society of
America, Washington, DC,
November, 1987. 1988
"Donald Cressey: An Intellectual Profile of an
American Criminologist," American Sociological
Association, Atlanta, August,
1988.
"Social Structure and Social Process: An Integrated
Model of Community and Social Learning in
Elderly Drinking" Society for the
Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, August, 1988 (with
Anthony J. La Greca).
"Alcohol and the Elderly: A New Test of Social
Bonding Theory," American Society of Criminology,
Chicago, Nov., 1988 (with
Christine Sellers).
1989
"The Elderly and Crime Precautions: A Social
Learning Application," Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Washington, DC, March,
1989 (with Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Frank Biafora, and
Franklin Williams).
"Deterrence, Rational Choice, and Social Learning
Theory: The Path Not Taken," American Society
of Criminology, Reno, Nev., Nov.
1989.
"Group Sources of Fear of Crime," American Society
of Criminology, Reno Nev., Nov. 1989 (with
Frank Biafora, Lonn Lanza-Kaduce,
and Franklin Williams).
1990
"Addiction: The Troublesome Concept," Southern
Sociological Society Louisville, March, 1990.
"Scary Drug of the Year,"
American Society of Criminology Baltimore, Nov. 1991.
1991
"Recidivism, Community Control, and Imprisonment,"
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
Nashville, TN March, 1991.
"Predicting Recividism: A Five Year Comparison of
Community Control and Imprisonment,"
American Society of Criminology
San Francisco, Nov. 1991.
Panelist on Theories of Etiology, Presidential
Rumble, American Society of Criminology,
San Francisco, Nov. 1991.
1992
"Linking Sociology to its Specialties: The Case of
Criminology," Presidential Address, Southern
Sociological Society, New
Orleans, April 1992.
Discussant, Session on Drug Use and Crime. American
Society of Criminology, New Orleans, Nov.
1992
Discussant, Session on Differential Association
Theory, American Society of Criminology,
New Orleans, Nov. 1992.
1993
Closing Summation. 40th Annual Southern Conference
on Corrections. Orlando, Feb., 1993.
"Hurricane Andrew: Preliminary
Findings on Its Impact on Law and Social Control," Southern
Sociological Society,
Chattanooga, April, 1993.
Discussant, Session on Integrative Theories.
American Society of Criminology, Phoenix, Oct., 1993.
1994
Discussant, Session Southern Sociological Society,
Raleigh, April, 1994.
"Hurricane Andrew" American Society of Criminology,
Miami, Nov. 1994.
"Delinquency Prediction and Social Learning Theory,"
American Society of
Criminology, Miami, Nov. 1994
Organizer and Presider, Session on Social Learning
Theory: Direct Tests of Full and Partial
Social Learning Models of Crime
and Deviance, American Society of Criminology, Miami,
1994.
1995
Discussant, Session on Christianity and Social
Justice, Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April,
1995
"Differential Association/Social Learning Theory is
not Cultural Deviance Theory," Southern
Sociological Society, Atlanta, April, 1995..
“Intermediate Sanction Programs in Florida
Counties,” American Society of Criminology, Boston, November,
1995. (With Linda Smith and Marcia Marcionette)
1996
Organizer and Presider, Session on Christian
Perspectives on Inequality, Southern Sociological Society,
Richmond, April, 1996..
Organizer and Presider, Session on Christian
Perspectives on Inequality, Southern
Sociological Society, Richmond,
April, 1996.
Panelist, Oral History Project. American Society of
Criminology, Chicago, Nov., 1996
1997
Panelist, Oral History Project, Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, Louisville, March, 1997.
“Social learning, socialization, and selection
in peer association and delinquent behavior,” Paper
presented to the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville, March, 1997.
“Social structure and social learning in
adolescent alcohol and marijuana use,” Southern Sociological
Society, New Orleans, April, 1997
(with Gang Lee).
“In remembrance of George Hillery,” Southern
Sociological Society, New Orleans, April, 1997.
“Age, social bonding, and social learning in
adolescent substance use,” American Society of Criminology, San
Diego, Nov. 1997 (with Gang Lee)
Social Learning and Social Structure,
Author-Meets-Critic session, American Society of Criminology, San
Diego, Nov. 1997.
1998
The Female Offender (by Meda Chesney-Lind), Critic
panelist in Author-Meets-Critic session, American Society of
Criminology, Washington, DC, Nov. 1998
Panelist, The Future of Social Learning and
Subcultural Theories session, American Society of Criminology,
Washington, DC, Nov. 1998.
1999
“Determinism and free will in sociological and
biblical perspectives,” Southern Sociological Society, and
Christian Sociological Society, Nashville, April,
1999.
“Social Structure and Social Learning in
Adolescent Delinquency and Substance Use” American Society
of Criminology, Toronto, Nov. 1999 (with Gang Lee).
Chairperson, paper session on Pathways to Crime,
Shaming, Identity, and Illegal Earnings, American Society of
Criminology, Toronto, Nov. 1999.
Chairperson, paper session on New Tests of Social
Learning, Social Structure, and Social Control, American Society of
Criminology, Toronto, Nov. 1999.
2000
“Criminological theory, faith-based
rehabilitation, and restorative justice,” Southern Sociological
Society, and Christian Sociological Society, New Orleans April, 2000.
“Social learning theory and Biblical
principles” Joint Meeting of the Christian Sociological Society
and Association of Christians Teaching Sociology, Cleveland, TN June
2000
“A Cross-cultural study of social learning
theory: substance abuse among a sample of South Korean
Adolescents,” American Society of Criminology, San Francisco,
Nov. 2000 (with Sunghyun Hwang)
2001
Panelist for Conference on Organizational and
Societal Learning, University of Florida Gainesville, FL Feb. 8-9,2001
“The influence of parents and peers in
adolescent substance use in Korea” (with Sunghuyn Hwang) Southern
Sociological Society Altanta April 2001
Organizer of five paper sessions on Social Learning
Theory, American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November, 2001.
Chair, paper session on Social Structure and Social
Learning, American Society of Criminology,
Atlanta, November, 2001.
2002
Panelist: The Christian as Citizen: The Political
and Social Implications of Christian Faith, Southern Sociological
Society (co-sponsored by the Christian Sociological Society),
Baltimore, April, 2002.
2003
Participant in Session to Honor Roll of Honor
Awardee, Ron Akers, Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, March,
2003
“Thoughts on Criminological Theory and
Practice,” American Society of Criminology, Denver, November,
2003.
Chair, Session on Social Learning Theory: Tests and
Analyses, American Society of Criminology, Denver, November, 2003.
2004
“A Critical Appreciation of Criminal
Circumstance: A Dynamic Multicontextual Criminal Opportunity
Theory.” Presented at Author Meets Critics session of the
Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, April, 2004.
“Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory:
Past, Present, and Future” (with Gary F. Jensen) Paper presented
in the Presidential Plenary Session, Taking Stock of social
Learning and Control Theories: Empirical Status and Future Directions
American Society of Criminology Nashville November 2004
2005
“Evaluating the Florida Faith- and
Community-based Delinquency Treatment Initiative: Year 1,” (with
Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Jodi Lane, Beth Parker, Gretchen Pendell, and Erin
Lane) American Society of Criminology, Toronto, November, 2005.
Initiating Faith-based Juvenile
Corrections—Exercising without Establishing Religion (Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, Beth Parker, Jodi Lane, Ronald L. Akers)
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, March 2006.
Florida’ Faith and Community-based Delinquency
Treatment Initiative for Incarcerated Juveniles (Jodi Lane, Lonn
Lanza-Kaduce, and Ronald L. Akers) American Psychology and Law Society,
St. Petersburg, March, 2006.
OTHER UNPUBLISHED REPORTS
"Mental Health Clinic Attendance in Four Eastern
Kentucky Counties," Report submitted to
Kentucky Department of
Mental Health and abstracted in Mental Health Research in
Kentucky, 2 (March, 1964), pp.
25-27, (with Charles O. Carlton).
Changing Societies: Supplemental Readings in
Societies Around the World --The Eskimo University
of Kentucky, 1965.
(Edited with George A. Hillery, Jr.).
Teenage Drinking: A Survey of Action
Programs. Seattle, Unigard Insurance, 1968.
Crime, Law and Correction: Assessment and
Recommendation. A Report to the Washington
Judicial Council, September,
1969, (with John M. Junker).
Prisoner Responses to Various Types of Prisons: A
Comparative Study. NIMH Report (Grant
#MH 20032), 1974.
Social Learning in Adolescent Drug and Alcohol
Behavior, 1977 (Boys Town Center Research
Report, Omaha, Nebraska).
Adolescent Drug and Drinking Behavior:
District Reports, 1977 (Boys Town Center Research
Reports, Omaha,
Nebraska). Eight separate reports to eight school districts of
findings
from the Boys Town
adolescent drug and drinking behavior project.
The Johnson County, Iowa Pre-filing Diversion
Program: Final Evaluation Report, 1978, Eastern
Iowa Area Crime Commission, (with
Derek Mason).
First Year Evaluation: Wapello County
Emergency Shelter Care Facility, 1979, South Iowa Area
Crime Commission and Criminal
Justice Institute, (with Derek Mason).
Adolescent Smoking in Muscatine: Report #1 to
Muscatine School Teachers, Administrators,
Parents, and Students,
1980. University of Iowa, Smoking Behavior in School Age Children:
The Muscatine Study (with
James Massey).
Population at Risk Profile Study of Delinquency,
1988. Report to the Florida Department of
Education (with Gordon Waldo,
Thomas Blomberg, and Linda Smith).
Enhancing Jail Removal of Juvenile in Two Counties,
1993. Final Report to JJDP Program of the
Florida Department of
Health and Rehabilitative Services (with Lonn Lanza-Kaduce).
Hurricane Andrew: Its Impact on Law and Social
Control, 1993. Final Report to the National Science
Foundation (SES 9224588) (with
Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Paul Cromwell, and Roger Dunham).
Intermediate Sanction Programs Funded and Operated
by County Government, 1994. Final Report to
the Collins Center and the Task
Force on Review of the Criminal Justice and Corrections
Systems (with Linda Smith).
Evaluation of a Post-Adjudication Felony Drug Court:
Graduate Research Fellowship, 2000. Final Report to the National
Institute of Justice (98IJCX0051) (with Marcia Marcionette).