| Deviant behavior: A social learning approach RL Akers Wadsworth Publishing Company 22, 24-41, 1973 | 4188 | 1973 |
| Criminological theories: Introduction and evaluation RL Akers Routledge, 2013 | 3965 | 2013 |
| Social learning and social structure: A general theory of crime and deviance R Akers Routledge, 2017 | 3524 | 2017 |
| Social learning and deviant behavior: A specific test of a general theory RL Akers, MD Krohn, L Lanza-Kaduce, M Radosevich Contemporary masters in criminology, 187-214, 1995 | 3163* | 1995 |
| A differential association-reinforcement theory of criminal behavior RL Burgess, RL Akers Soc. Probs. 14, 128, 1966 | 2060 | 1966 |
| Rational choice, deterrence, and social learning theory in criminology: The path not taken RL Akers Crime Opportunity Theories, 299-322, 2017 | 788 | 2017 |
| Self-control as a general theory of crime RL Akers Journal of Quantitative Criminology 7, 201-211, 1991 | 640 | 1991 |
| The empirical status of social learning theory of crime and deviance: The past, present, and future RL Akers, GF Jensen Taking stock, 37-76, 2017 | 533 | 2017 |
| A longitudinal test of social learning theory: Adolescent smoking RL Akers, G Lee Journal of drug issues 26 (2), 317-343, 1996 | 480 | 1996 |
| Adolescent marijuana use: A test of three theories of deviant behavior RL Akers, JK Cochran Deviant Behavior 6 (4), 323-346, 1985 | 391 | 1985 |
| Beyond hellfire: An exploration of the variable effects of religiosity on adolescent marijuana and alcohol use JK Cochran, RL Akers Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 26 (3), 198-225, 1989 | 375 | 1989 |
| Drugs, alcohol, and society: Social structure, process, and policy RL Akers (No Title), 1992 | 339 | 1992 |
| Social contexts and social learning in sexual coercion and aggression: Assessing the contribution of fraternity membership SB Boeringer, CL Shehan, RL Akers Family Relations, 58-64, 1991 | 330 | 1991 |
| Social learning theory and adolescent cigarette smoking: A longitudinal study MD Krohn, WF Skinner, JL Massey, RL Akers Social problems 32 (5), 455-473, 1985 | 328 | 1985 |
| Are self-reports of adolescent deviance valid? Biochemical measures, randomized response, and the bogus pipeline in smoking behavior RL Akers, J Massey, W Clarke, RM Lauer Social Forces 62 (1), 234-251, 1983 | 292 | 1983 |
| Fear of crime and victimization among the elderly in different types of communities RL Akers, AJ La Greca, C Sellers, J Cochran Criminology 25 (3), 487-506, 1987 | 289* | 1987 |
| Is differential association/social learning cultural deviance theory? RL Akers Criminology 34 (2), 229-247, 1996 | 283 | 1996 |
| Problems in the sociology of deviance: Social definitions and behavior RL Akers Social Forces 46 (4), 455-465, 1968 | 265 | 1968 |
| Age, social learning, and social bonding in adolescent substance use RL Akers, G Lee Deviant behavior 20 (1), 1-25, 1999 | 239 | 1999 |
| Social learning theory and the explanation of crime RL Akers, GF Jensen Transaction Publishers, 2011 | 233 | 2011 |
