Research on social movements Larkin met fellow sociologist
Daniel A. Foss when they were both teaching sociology at Rutgers University. They later wrote a more focused article dealing with
Guru Maharaj Ji and his followers, which was published in
Sociological Analysis, and a piece dealing with the
vocabulary utilized in these social movements, in
Social Text. Larkin and Foss' research has later been cited by books on both the 1960s subculture, and on movements of
social change such as the
middle class youth movement and other forms of
counterculture and
subculture.
Teaching Larkin has taught coursework in the Department of Sociology at the Newark College of Arts and Science of Rutgers University, and was also a research associate at the Center for the Study of Evaluation,
University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education. After the publication of his work
Comprehending Columbine (which discussed possible cultural and societal causes for the
Columbine High School massacre), Larkin was contacted by the press for comment on the massacre, and discussed a judge's decision to seal information and tapes containing information about the killers. "The judge said the tapes were incendiary. We have plenty of things already that stimulate violence," said Larkin. Larkin is an adjunct professor at the
John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
City University of New York. He ran his own consulting firm called Academic Research Consulting Service for 25 years. ==Published works==