Research Interests

• Social Learning in Crime and Deviance
• Criminological Theory
• Drug and Alcohol Behavior
• Delinquency
• Sociology of Law
• Deviant Behavior

Selected Publications

• Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation, and Application. Fourth Edition. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing, 2004 (Ronald L. Akers and Christine Sellers)
• Social Learning and Social Structure: A General Theory of Crime and Deviance. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998.
• 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).
• "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), 2004.
• "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, 2005
• "Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Drug Use in Korea," Asian Journal of Criminology 1:51-69 [also online] http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11417-006-9009-5 (Sunghuyn Hwang and Ronald L. Akers), 2006.

Courses Taught

CCJ 4604 - Criminological Theory
CCJ 6920 - Seminar in Criminology
CCJ 4934 - Drugs, Alcohol, and Society

Degrees

• B.S., cum laude, Secondary Education (Social Studies), Indiana State University, 1960.
• M.A., Department of Sociology, Kent State University, 1961.
• Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky, 1966.