Laura Dugan

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Laura Dugan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Dugan has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Health and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Laura Dugan's work include Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (36 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (24 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (15 papers). Laura Dugan is often cited by papers focused on Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (36 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (24 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (15 papers). Laura Dugan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Laura Dugan's co-authors include Gary LaFree, Daniel S. Nagin, Richard Rosenfeld, Erica Chenoweth, Lynette Feder, Alex R. Piquero, Sally S. Simpson, Robert Apel, Jennifer Yahner and Joseph K. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Sociological Review and Criminology.

In The Last Decade

Laura Dugan

49 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Introducing the Global Terrorism Database

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Dugan United States	24	2.1k	739	349	286	250	53	2.5k
Ken Pease United Kingdom	24	2.2k 1.0×	332 0.4×	355 1.0×	306 1.1×	78 0.3×	143	2.5k
Joshua D. Freilich United States	25	2.0k 0.9×	435 0.6×	458 1.3×	143 0.5×	107 0.4×	119	2.2k
Christopher S. Koper United States	26	2.1k 1.0×	650 0.9×	374 1.1×	252 0.9×	91 0.4×	81	2.6k
Edmund F. McGarrell United States	29	2.1k 1.0×	577 0.8×	432 1.2×	327 1.1×	127 0.5×	107	2.7k
Timothy C. Hart United States	21	1.1k 0.5×	208 0.3×	283 0.8×	162 0.6×	129 0.5×	57	1.4k
Steven M. Chermak United States	29	2.9k 1.3×	724 1.0×	503 1.4×	155 0.5×	196 0.8×	126	3.3k
Gary LaFree United States	39	4.1k 1.9×	518 0.7×	633 1.8×	364 1.3×	522 2.1×	128	4.7k
Cynthia Lum United States	28	3.0k 1.4×	538 0.7×	364 1.0×	363 1.3×	110 0.4×	86	3.6k
Barak Ariel United Kingdom	30	2.4k 1.1×	760 1.0×	341 1.0×	145 0.5×	250 1.0×	113	3.0k
Richard Wortley Australia	28	1.5k 0.7×	547 0.7×	1.2k 3.5×	207 0.7×	384 1.5×	96	2.3k

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All Works

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Higginson, Angela, et al.. (2023). Criminal justice interventions for preventing radicalisation, violent extremism and terrorism: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 19(4). e1366–e1366. 4 indexed citations

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Young, Joseph K. & Laura Dugan. (2023). Survival of the Fittest : Why Terrorist Groups Endure. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 8 indexed citations

3.

Higginson, Angela, et al.. (2022). PROTOCOL: Criminal justice interventions for preventing terrorism and radicalisation: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 18(3). e1273–e1273. 3 indexed citations

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Dugan, Laura & Erica Chenoweth. (2020). Threat, emboldenment, or both? The effects of political power on violent hate crimes^*. Criminology. 58(4). 714–746. 26 indexed citations

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Dugan, Laura, et al.. (2019). The Importance of Governments’ Response to Natural Disasters to Reduce Terrorist Risk. Justice Quarterly. 38(6). 1230–1261. 7 indexed citations

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Dugan, Laura, et al.. (2018). Does US presidential rhetoric affect asymmetric political violence?. Critical Studies on Terrorism. 12(1). 132–150. 12 indexed citations

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LaFree, Gary, Laura Dugan, & Erin Miller. (2014). Putting Terrorism in Context. 49 indexed citations

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LaFree, Gary, Laura Dugan, & Erin L. Miller. (2014). Putting Terrorism in Context: Lessons from the Global Terrorism Database. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 67 indexed citations

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Dugan, Laura & Erica Chenoweth. (2012). Moving Beyond Deterrence. American Sociological Review. 77(4). 597–624. 114 indexed citations

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LaFree, Gary, et al.. (2011). A Situational Model for Distinguishing Terrorist and Non-Terrorist Aerial Hijackings, 1948–2007. Justice Quarterly. 29(4). 573–595. 18 indexed citations

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Dugan, Laura & Erica Chenoweth. (2011). Does Repression Decrease Terrorist Attacks? Evidence from Israel. 1–29.

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Apel, Robert, Laura Dugan, & Ráchael A. Powers. (2011). Gender and Injury Risk in Incidents of Assaultive Violence. Justice Quarterly. 30(4). 561–593. 15 indexed citations

13.

Young, Joseph K. & Laura Dugan. (2010). Veto players and terror. Journal of Peace Research. 48(1). 19–33. 63 indexed citations

14.

Chenoweth, Erica & Laura Dugan. (2010). Rethinking Counterterrorism: Evidence from Israel. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

15.

Dugan, Laura, et al.. (2008). Document Title: Building And Analyzing A Comprehensive Open Source Data Base On Global Terrorist Events. 1 indexed citations

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McCauley, Clark & Laura Dugan. (2006). The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia and the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide. 6 indexed citations

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Dugan, Laura, Gary LaFree, & Alex R. Piquero. (2005). TESTING A RATIONAL CHOICE MODEL OF AIRLINE HIJACKINGS*. Criminology. 43(4). 1031–1065. 127 indexed citations

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LaFree, Gary & Laura Dugan. (2003). Una comparación del estudio del terrorismo y el estudio de la delincuencia. Actualidad Contable FACES. 105–143.

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Dugan, Laura. (2003). DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGISLATION: EXPLORING ITS IMPACT ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, POLICE INVOLVEMENT, AND ARREST*. Criminology & Public Policy. 2(2). 283–312. 89 indexed citations

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Feder, Lynette & Laura Dugan. (2002). A test of the efficacy of court-mandated counseling for domestic violence offenders: The broward experiment. Justice Quarterly. 19(2). 343–375. 130 indexed citations

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