Books

·    Lankford, A. (2009). Human Killing Machines: Systematic Indoctrination in Iran, Nazi Germany, Al Qaeda and Abu Ghraib. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications  

·    Lankford, A. (forthcoming, 2011).  Could Suicide Terrorists Actually Be Suicidal?  Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 34(3).

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

·    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.

·    Guadagno, R. E., Lankford, A., Muscanell, N. L., Okdie, B. M., & McCallum, D. M. (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.

Other Publications  

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

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

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

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

Grants

·    The University of Alabama Research Grants Committee (awarded: $1885.33)

Scholarly Presentations

·    Lankford, A. Single-Minded Murder: A Comparative Analysis of Rampage Killers and Lone Wolf Terrorists.  Paper to be presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting in San Francisco, 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, 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, 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, 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, 2005.