Publications

Enkhtugs, B., Asif, M., Maier, K., Urbanik, M., & Greene, C. (2025). People are going to see us and gawk at us, you should see the comments.” Homelessness panic and digital vigilantism in Canada. In preparation

Abbas, N., Fazal, H., Asif, M., & Jauregui, B. (2025). Examining dull compulsion and obligation to obey as mediators between police legitimacy and compliance with traffic laws in Lahore. Under-review

Asif, M., Fayaz. M., Light, M., & Fazal, H. (2025). Blood revenge as an instrumental action to restore and uphold personal and cultural honor in Pakistan. Under-review

Asif, M., & Tankebe, J. (2025). Police anti-corruption reforms and vigilantism: Evidence from an experimental vignette study. Revisions submitted

Asif, M. (2024). Exploring potential mediators in the relationship between righteous anger and approval of vigilantism. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2024.2443656

Asif, M., Fazal. H., Sarfraz, M., & Hassan, A. (2024). Investigating the moderators in the relationship between righteous anger and support for lynching. Asian Journal of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-024-09444-y

Asif, M., Fazal. H., & Akbar, M. S. (2024). Legitimacy of the courts: Evidence from a survey in Punjab, Pakistan. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2024.2310174

Siddique Akbar, M., Asif, M., Rizwan Safdar, M., & Navid Yousaf, F. (2024). An exploratory study on the life recovery experiences of flood affected farmers in South Punjab-Pakistan. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 67(11), 2645-2667. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2197144

Asif, M., Weenink, D., & Mascini, P. (2023). Engineering Vengeful Effervescence: Lynching Rituals and Religious–Political Power in Pakistan. The British Journal of Criminology, 63(6), 1441-1459. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac106

Asif, M. (2023). Police legitimacy and approval of vigilante violence: The significance of anger. Theoretical Criminology, 27(2), 305-325. https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806221101369

Safdar, M. R., Yousaf, F. N., Ahmed, A., Akbar, M. S., & Asif, M. (2023). Bans on women's voting: An intersection of caste, gender, and class in Punjab, Pakistan. International Area Studies Review, 26(3), 304-315. https://doi.org/10.1177/22338659231178698

Asif, M., & Weenink, D. (2022). Vigilante Rituals Theory: A cultural Explanation of vigilante violence. European Journal of Criminology, 19 (2), 163-182. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370819887518

Tankebe, J., & Asif, M. (2016). Police legitimacy and support for vigilante violence in Pakistan. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 40(4), 295-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2016.1217425

Jackson, J., Asif, M., Bradford, B., & Zakar, M. Z. (2014). Corruption and Police Legitimacy in Lahore, Pakistan. British Journal of Criminology, 54(6), 1067-1088. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azu069