Office HoursAdam Lankford
Associate Professor
Education
PhD, Justice, Law & Society, American University, 2008
MS, Justice, Law & Society, American University, 2007
BA, English, Haverford College, 2002
Research Interests
Social deviance, criminology, mass shootings, terrorism and counterterrorism
Selected Publications
- On Sacrificial Heroism
- A Comparative Analysis of Suicide Terrorists and Rampage, Workplace, and School Shooters in the United Statesfrom 1990-2010
- Mass Shooters in the United States, 1966-2010: Differences Between Attackers Who Live and Die
- Public Opinions of Suicide Bombers’ Mental Health
- A Suicide-Based Typology of Suicide Terrorists: Conventional, Coerced, Escapist, and Indirect
Lankford, A. (2013). The Myth Of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers,
Rampage Shooters, And Other Self-Destructive Killers. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lankford, A. (2009). Human Killing Machines: Systematic Indoctrination In Iran, Nazi Germany, Al Qaeda, And Abu Ghraib. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Lankford, A. (2014). “Evidence that Suicide Terrorists are Suicidal: Challenges and Empirical Predictions.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(4), 380-393.
Lankford, A. (2014). “The Myth Of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, And Other Self-Destructive Killers.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(4), 351-362.
Lankford, A. (2014). “A Suicide-Based Typology of Suicide Terrorists: Conventional, Coerced, Escapist, and Indirect.” Security Journal, 27(1), 80–96.
Lankford, A. (2014). “Public Opinions of Suicide Bombers’ Mental Health.” Comprehensive Psychology, 3(1), 1-4.
Lankford, A. (2013). “Mass Shooters in the United States, 1966-2010: Differences Between Attackers Who Live and Die.” Justice Quarterly. doi: 10.1080/07418825.2013.806675.
Lankford, A. (2013). “A Comparative Analysis of Suicide Terrorists and Rampage, Workplace, and School Shooters in the United Statesfrom 1990-2010.” Homicide Studies, 17(3), 255-274.
Lankford, A. (2013). “On Sacrificial Heroism.” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 16(5), 634-654.
