Publications

Counterterrorism · Governance and Society · Crime Prevention · Criminological Theory

Counterterrorism

Fisher, D., & McCann, W. S. (2025). Radicalization Pathways to Terrorist Mass Casualty Violence Across Ideological Motivations: An Examination of Learning and Control Perspectives. Crime & Delinquency, 71(13-14), 4434-4464.
Thomson, N. D., Kjærvik, S. L., Blondell, V., & Fisher, D. (2025). Examining the Intersection of Radicalism, Activism, and Gun Violence. Terrorism and Political Violence, Online First. DOI
Fisher, D., & McCann, W. S. (2025). Terrorism and gun violence. In Handbook of Gun Violence (pp. 355-369). Academic Press.
Fisher, D., & Kearns, E. M. (2024). The Theorizing of Terrorism within Criminology. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 61(4), 487-520.
Dugan, L., & Fisher, D. (2023). Far-Right and Jihadi Terrorism within the United States: From September 11th to January 6th. Annual Review of Criminology, 6, 131-153.
Asal, V., Fisher, D., & Young, J. (2023). Target Them with What? Why States Choose Different COIN Strategies for Different Insurgent Organizations. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 46(9), 1766-1783.
Fisher, D., & Becker, M. H. (2023). Successful for whom?: An examination of the general deterrent impact of the targeted killing of terrorist leaders on global terrorist fatalities. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. DOI
Carson, J., Dierenfeldt, R., & Fisher, D. (Online First). Country-Level Firearm Availability and Terrorism: A New Approach to Examining the Gun-Crime Relationship. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. DOI
Fisher, D., & Dugan, L. (2021). The Importance of Governments' Response to Natural Disasters to Reduce Terrorist Risk. Justice Quarterly, 38(6), 1230-1261. DOI
Fisher, D., & Becker, M. H. (2021). The heterogeneous repercussions of killing Osama bin Laden on global terrorism patterns. European Journal of Criminology.
Fisher, D. (2021). Desistance From Terrorism. In M. Haner & M. Sloan (Eds.), Theories of Terrorism: Contemporary Perspectives. London: Routledge.
Fisher, D., & Asal, V. (2020). Before and during Iraq: Was insurgent lethality impacted by the invasion of Iraq?. In S. Cubukcu & S. Ozeren (Eds.), Post-ISIS Era: Regional and Global Implications. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. Berlin: Springer.
Fisher, D., & Lee, J. G. (2020). Testing the Universality of the Gender Equality–Peace Thesis: The Influence of Increased Gender Equality on Terrorism in Turkey. Women & Criminal Justice. DOI
Fisher, D., & Dugan, L. (2019). Sociological and Criminological Explanations for Terrorism. In E. Chenoweth, R. English, A. Gofas, & S. Kalyvas (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism. New York: Oxford University Press.
Fisher, D., Dugan, L., & Chenoweth, E. (2018). Does US presidential rhetoric affect asymmetric political violence?. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 12(1), 132-150. DOI
Fisher, D., & Meitus, A. (2017). Uprooting or Sowing Violence?: Coca Eradication and Guerrilla Violence in Colombia. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 40(9), 790-807.
Fisher, D., & Dugan, L. (2017). Criminological Explanations for Terrorism. Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. DOI
Dugan, L., & Fisher, D. (2015). Strategic Responses to the Boston Marathon Bombing. In M. Tonry (Ed.), Oxford Handbooks Online. New York: Oxford University Press.

Governance and Society

Carson, J. V., Fisher, D., & Dierenfeldt, R. (2025). The Influence of COVID-19 Restrictions and Rhetoric in the US: A Multi-Definition and Multi-Method Approach. Justice Quarterly, 42(6), 1019-1042.
Lee, J. G., & Fisher, D. (2019). The Influence of Scope, Frames, and Extreme Willingness to Pay Responses on Cost of Crime Estimates. American Journal of Criminal Justice. Publisher
Fisher, D. (2018). Gender equality and its heterogeneous impact on the incarceration of women in Turkey. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 52, 165-175. Publisher
Fisher, D., Wadds, P., & Clancey, G. (2018). The patchwork of alcohol-free zones and alcohol-prohibited areas in New South Wales (Australia). Safer Communities, 17(2), 94-102. DOI
Fisher, D., Clancey, G., & Rutherford, A. (2016). Policing built environment crime risks: The role of police in CPTED in New South Wales, Australia. Police Practice and Research, 17(5), 477-488.
Lee, M., Clancey, G., & Fisher, D. (2014). Risky Reports: Crime Risk Assessments and Spatial Governance. Critical Criminology, 22, 257-272.
Fisher, D., Wilson, H., & Bryant, J. (2013). Harm reduction knowledge and information exchange among secondary distributors in Sydney, Australia. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 20, 67-73.

Crime Prevention

Fisher, D., Maimon, D., & Berenblum, T. (2021). Examining the crime prevention claims of crime prevention through environmental design on system-trespassing behaviors: A randomized experiment. Security Journal. DOI
Clancey, G., Fisher, D., Lyons, A., & Lee, M. (2016). A review of the impact of crime risk assessment reports in New South Wales, Australia. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 18, 73-90.
Clancey, G., & Fisher, D. (2016). Crime prevention through environmental design in New South Wales. Australian Planner, 53(2), 73-82.
Clancey, G., Fisher, D., & Yeung, N. (2016). A Recent History of Australian Crime Prevention. Crime Prevention and Community Safety. DOI
Clancey, G., Fisher, D., & Lee, M. (2015). The Art and Science of Preparing Crime Risk Assessment Reports. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 17, 270-290.
Clancey, G., Fisher, D., & Rutherford, A. (2014). An Exploratory Study of Crime Risks and the Planning Process. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 16, 1-19.
Fisher, D., & Piracha, A. (2012). Crime prevention through environmental design: A case study of multi-agency collaboration in Sydney, Australia. Australian Planner, 49, 79-87.
Clancey, G., Lee, M., & Fisher, D. (2012). Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and the New South Wales crime risk assessment guidelines: A critical review. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 14, 1-15.
Clancey, G., Fisher, D., & Lee, M. (2011). Do Crime Risk Assessment Reports Measure Crime Risks?. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 23, 235-254.

Criminological Theory

Fisher, D., Abel, M. N., & McCann, W. S. (2023). Differentiating Violent and Non-Violent Extremists: Lessons from 70 Years of Social Control Theory. Journal for Deradicalization, 34, 28-49.
Paternoster, R., & Fisher, D. (2017). The Foundation and Reemergence of Classical Thought in Criminological Theory: A Brief Philosophical History. In R. A. Triplett (Ed.), The Wiley Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology (Ch. 10, pp. 173-188).