Doyle has published widely on the relationship between risk, culture and major institutions like the criminal justice system, public and private insurance and the mass media. His books include Arresting Images: Crime and Policing in Front of the Television Camera, Insurance as Governance (with Richard Ericson and Dean Barry), Uncertain Business: Risk, Insurance and the Limits of Knowledge (with Richard Ericson) and Risk and Morality (co-edited with Richard Ericson).