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·    Lankford, A. (2009).  Human Killing Machines: Systematic Indoctrination in Iran, Nazi Germany, Al Qaeda, and Abu Ghraib. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
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·    Lankford, A. (forthcoming, 2012).  A Suicide-Based Typology of Suicide Terrorists: Conventional, Coerced, Escapist, and Indirect.  Security Journal.

·    Lankford, A. (2011).  Requirements and Facilitators for Suicide Terrorism: An Explanatory Framework for Prediction and Prevention.  Perspectives on Terrorism, 5(6), 70-80.

·    Lankford, A. (2011).  A Psychological Autopsy of 9/11 Ringleader Mohamed Atta. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.

·    Lankford, A. (2011).  Could Suicide Terrorists Actually Be Suicidal?  Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 34(4), 337-366.

·    Lankford, A., & Hakim, N.* (2011).  From Columbine to Palestine: A Comparative Analysis of Rampage Shooters in the United States and Volunteer Suicide Bombers in the Middle East.  Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16(2), 98-107.

·    Lankford, A., & Gillespie, K.* (2011).  Rehabilitating Terrorists Through Counter-Indoctrination: Lessons Learned from the Saudi Arabian Program.  International Criminal Justice Review, 21(2), 118-133.

·    Lankford, A. (2010).  Suicide Terrorism as a Socially Approved Form of Suicide.  Crisis, 31(6), 287-289.

·    Lankford, A. (2010).  Do Suicide Terrorists Exhibit Clinically Suicidal Risk Factors? A Review of Initial Evidence and Call for Future Research.  Aggression and Violent Behavior, 15(5), 334-340. 

·    Lankford, A. (2010).  Do Past U.S. Acts Constitute Terrorism? Implications for Counterterrorism Policy.  International Criminal Justice Review, 20(4), 417-435.

·    Guadagno, R., Lankford, A., Muscanell, N.*, Okdie, B.*, & McCallum, D. (2010).  Social Influence in the Online Recruitment of Terrorists and Terrorist Sympathizers: Implications for Social Psychology Research.  International Review of Social Psychology, 23(1), 25-55.

·    Lankford, A. (2010).  Assessing the Obama Standard for Interrogations: An Analysis of Army Field Manual 2-22.3.  Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 33(1), 20-35.

·    Lankford, A. (2009).  Reexamining the "War of Ideas" and Us-Them Differentiation: Implications for Counterterrorism.  Homeland Security Review, 3(1), 1-21.

·    Lankford, A. (2009).  Promoting Aggression and Violence at Abu Ghraib: The U.S. Military’s Transformation of Ordinary People into Torturers.  Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14(5), 388-395.

*denotes student co-author

Other Publications  

·    Lankford, A. (2012).  Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals (book review). The Huffington Post.

·    Lankford, A. (2011).  Human Time Bombs: Before The 9/11 Pilots Were Suicide Terrorists, They Were Just Suicidal.  Foreign Policy.

·    Lankford, A. (2011).  Ten Years After 9/11: The Suicide Angle.  The Huffington Post.

·    Lankford, A. (2011).  Martyr Complex: How Will Bin Laden's Supporters Interpret His Death?  Foreign Policy.

·    Lankford, A. (2011).  Ron Paul Is Wrong About 9/11, Studies Show.  The Huffington Post.

·    Lankford, A. (2011).  Suicide for a Cause: What's Behind the Middle East's New Trend of Self-Immolation?  Foreign Policy.

·    Lankford, A. (2009).  How 30 Years of U.S. Mistakes Saved Ahmadinejad in Iran.  The Huffington Post.

·    Lankford, A. (2009).  Could Mousavi’s Martyrdom Spark Revolution In Iran?  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Blog.

·    Lankford, A. (2009).  "Torture Doesn’t Work" Argument Distracts From Necessary Interrogation Reform.  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Blog.

·    Lankford, A. (2004).  A War of a Different Kind: Military Force and America’s Search for Homeland Security (book review).  Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement, 12(2): 86-88.

Grants

·    The University of Alabama Research Grants Committee (2009-2011).

Scholarly Presentations

·    Lankford, A. Comparing Suicide Terrorists and Rampage, Workplace, and School Shooters in the U.S. from 1990-2010.  Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting in Washington, DC, 2011. 

·    Lankford, A. Could Suicide Terrorists Be Suicidal?  Invited, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany, 2011. 

·    Lankford, A. Human Killing Machines: Systematic Indoctrination in Iran, Nazi Germany, Al Qaeda, and Abu Ghraib.  Invited, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, DC, 2011. 

·    Lankford, A. Could Suicide Terrorists Be Suicidal?  Invited, Department of Political Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2011. 

·    Lankford, A. Single-Minded Murder: A Comparative Analysis of Rampage Killers and Lone Wolf Terrorists.  Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting in San Francisco, CA, 2010. 

·    Lankford, A. Do Past U.S. Acts Constitute Terrorism: A Critical Analysis of the Definition Problem.  Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting in San Diego, CA, 2010.

·    Lankford, A. Assessing the Obama Standard for Interrogations: An Analysis of Army Field Manual 2-22.3.  Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2009.

·    Lankford, A. An Integrated Model for the Appeal of Terrorism: Fusing Rational Choice, Diffusion and Complexity Theories.  Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, 2007.

·    Lankford, A. The Potential for Formulaic Terrorism: Television News Coverage of Terrorist Attacks Since 2001.  Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting in Chicago, IL, 2005.