High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ralph Wild Larkin (born May 27, 1940) is an American sociologist and research consultant. He is the author of Suburban Youth in Cultural Crisis (1979), Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (1986), and Comprehending Columbine (2007). He obtained his bachelor`s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and received a master`s degree in education from California State University at Northridge.