2016 Akins, JK & LT Winfree. “Social Learning Theory and Becoming a Terrorist: New Challenges for a General Theory.” In (Lafree & Freilich, eds.) Handbook on the Criminology of Terrorism. Wiley.
2012 “Skinheads.” In Jeffrey Ian Ross (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America. Sage (encyclopedia entry).
2010 “Eric Rudolph” In Jeffrey Ian Ross (Ed.), Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the Present. M.E. Sharpe (encyclopedia entry).
2008 LT Winfree & JK Akins, “Extending the Boundaries of Social Learning Theory: The Case of Suicide Bombers in Gaza,” International Journal of Criminal Justice. Vol. 3, Issue 1 (June 2008).
2008 Book Review: Aman, M. (2007). Preventing Terrorist Suicide Attacks. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. International Criminal Justice Review March 2008 18: 113-114.
2007 Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Consulting Editor and Contributor. New York: MacMillan Library Reference. Authored entries “The Ku Klux Klan,” “David Duke,” and “British Skinheads.”
2007 Akins, JK. “A Broader Conceptualization of Islam and Terrorism,” Joint Forces Quarterly 45; March 2007.
2006 Akins, JK. “The Ku Klux Klan: America’s Forgotten Terrorists,” The Law Enforcement Executive Forum; January 2006; v.5, no.7, p. 127-141.
2004 The Ku Klux Klan in America. New York: ADL Publications.
2003 “Edward Fields and the America First Party” and “The National Association for the Advancement of White People,” in Extremism in America. New York: ADL Publications.
2002 “The Ku Klux Klan” and “Richard Barrett,” in Extremism in America. New York: ADL Publications.
2000 T Ellerbrock, BD Stratford, JK Akins, and HL Hall. “Highway Cowboys, Old Hands, and Christian Truckers: HIV-Related Behavior Among Long-Haul Truckers in Florida.” Social Science and Medicine; March 2000; v.50, no.5, p. 737-749.