- Wilkinson, D. L. (2010). An Emergent Situational and Transactional Theory of Urban Youth Violence In Oxford Handbook on Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice. Edited by Feld, B. & Bishop, D. Cambridge: Oxford University Press. (forthcoming).
- Event Dynamics and the Role of Third Parties in Youth Violence. Final Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. Grant #: 2006-IJ-CX-0004. Columbus, Ohio. May 28. 230+ pages
- Wilkinson, D.L. and Carr, P.J. (2008). Violent Youths’ Responses to High Levels of Exposure to Community Violence: What Violent Events Reveal about Youth Violence. Journal of Community Psychology. 36: 1026-1051.
- Co-offending and the social embeddedness of gun use — Wilkinson, D.L., McBryde, M.S.*, Williams, B.*, Bloom, S.* and Bell, K.* (2009). Peers and gun use among urban adolescent males: An examination of social embeddedness. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 25(1): 20-44.
- An empirical examination of Donald Black’s Theory of Crime as Self-Help — Wilkinson, Deanna L., Beaty, Chauncey,* and Lurry Regina M.* (2009). Youth Violence-Crime or Self-Help?: Marginalized Urban Males Perspectives on the Limited Efficacy of Criminal Justice System to Stop Youth Violence. The Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science. Volume 623 May: 25-38.
- The Social Contagion of Violence: Fagan, J., Wilkinson, D.L., and Davies, G. (2007). Social Contagion of Violence. In Flannery, D., Vazsonyi, A., & Waldman, I. (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 688-723. 052184567Xc36_p688-724.pdf
- Refining the Event Perspective – A theory of violent events: Wilkinson, D.L., and Fagan, J. A Theory of Violent Events. In Advances in Criminological Theory Volume 9: The Process and Structure of Crime: Criminal Events and Crime Analysis). Edited by Robert F. Meier, Leslie W. Kennedy, and Vincent F. Sacco. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction. p.169-196. The Process_Structure of Crime.pdf
- Applying an event perspective to Intimate Partner Violence: Wilkinson, D.L. and Hamerschlag, S.* Situational Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior 10: 333-361. Wilkinson_Hamerschlag_IPV.pdf
- Collective efficacy, informal social control, and social disorganization theory: Wilkinson, D.L. (2007). Local Social Ties and Willingness to Intervene: Textured Views among Violent Urban Youth of Neighborhood Social Control Dynamics and Situations. Justice Quarterly. 24(2): 185-220.
- Status Hierarchies, Identity Development and Violence: Wilkinson, D.L. Violent Events and Social Identity: Specifying the Relationship between Respect and Masculinity in Inner City Youth Violence. In Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.Volume 8. Stanford, CT: Elsevier Science Inc. p.231-265. Fear, Masculinity Identity Formation, Victimization, & Violence Wilkinson_2001_identity.pdf