Daren Fisher, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Homeland Security
Hampton University
Daren Fisher studies how government actions shape terrorism and crime, testing the predictions of criminological theory with econometric and qualitative methods to inform policy.
Before joining Hampton, he served as an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at The Citadel. He holds a PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland.
Research areas
Recent articles
- 2025Radicalization Pathways to Terrorist Mass Casualty Violence Across Ideological Motivations: An Examination of Learning and Control Perspectives
Fisher, D., & McCann, W. S.
Crime & Delinquency, 71(13-14), 4434-4464. PDF
- 2025The Influence of COVID-19 Restrictions and Rhetoric in the US: A Multi-Definition and Multi-Method Approach
Carson, J. V., Fisher, D., & Dierenfeldt, R.
Justice Quarterly, 42(6), 1019-1042. PDF
- 2024The Theorizing of Terrorism within Criminology
Fisher, D., & Kearns, E. M.
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 61(4), 487-520. PDF