Watson, J. Katus, T., Shah, M., Barnes, G., Melia, V., Sutherland, A. Are police vetting decisions free from bias? An experimental vignette study with vetting decision-makers. Journal of Experimental Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-025-09726-0
Buchmueller, G., Cathro, C., Dorsett, R., Oppendisano, V., Sutherland, A., Tagliaferri, G. School Exclusion & Youth Custody. Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
Hodgkinson, W., Ariel, B., Assaraf, N. and Sutherland, A. ‘Burglary Prevention Advice Letters: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial In Luton, England’, Journal of Criminal Justice.
Valdebenito, S., Gaffney, H., Joliffe, D. and Sutherland, A. School-based interventions for reducing disciplinary school exclusion: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 21(4).
Sutherland, A. ‘Using Research to Improve Policing post Casey - and Why That Might not Happen’, The Political Quarterly, 95(3): 387-570.
Simanovic T, McFarlane P, Brennan I, Graham W, Sutherland A (2024) Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0301023. ISRCTN11650008.
Sutherland, A. and Boyle, A. ‘Violence: we need police and health data to know how violent places are and whether interventions are effective’. Chapter in Part of The Crime Data Handbook.
Ariel, B., Sutherland, A., Weisburd, D., Ilan, Y., and Bland, M. ‘Can the police cool down quality-of-life hotspots? A double-blind national randomized control trial of policing low-harm hotspots’, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 17, paad040.
Williams, M., Sutherland, A., Roy-Chowdhury, V., Loke, T., Cullen, A., Sloan, L., and Burnap, P. The Effect of the Brexit Vote on the Variation in Race and Religious Hate Crimes. (British Journal of Criminology)
Persian, R. Prastuti, G., Adityawarman, Bogiatzis-Gibbons, D., Kurniawan, M. H., Subroto, G., Mustakim, M., Supriyadi, M. W., Scheunemann, L., Gandy, K., Sutherland, A. ‘Behavioural prompts to increase early filing of tax returns: a population-level randomised controlled trial of 11.2 million taxpayers in Indonesia’, Behavioural Public Policy, 7(3), 701-720.
Ariel, B., Bland, M. and Sutherland, A. Experimental Designs. London: Sage.
Ariel, B., Langley, B., Tankabe, J. Sutherland, A., Factor, R., Weinborn, C. ‘A Simple Checklist, That’s All It Takes: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Field Trial On Improving The Treatment Of Suspected Terrorists By The Police’, Journal of Experimental Criminology, 17: 629–655.
Breathnach, S., Koutoukidis, D. A. Lally, P., Boniface, D., Sutherland, A., Llewellyn, C. H. ‘The effect of messaging on the acceptance of swaps to reduce the energy content of snacks and drinks ordered in an experimental online workplace canteen: a randomised controlled trial’, Appetite, 162: 105171.
Sutherland, A., Strang, L., Stepanek, M., Giacomantonio, C., Boyle, A. and Strang, H. ‘Tracking Violent Crime with Ambulance Data: How Much Crime Goes Uncounted?’, Cambridge Journal of Evidence Based Policing, (online first)
Ariel, B., Sutherland, A. and Bland, M. ‘The Trick Doesn’t Work if You’ve Already Seen the Gorilla: How Anticipatory Effects Contaminate Pre-treatment Measures in Field Experiments’, Journal of Experimental Criminology, 17: 55-66. (Open Access)
Breathnach, S., Llewellyn, C. H., Koutoukidis, D. A., van Rugge, C. R., Sutherland, A. and Lally, P. ‘Experience of Using an Online Pre-Ordering System for A Workplace Canteen That Offers Lower-Energy Swaps: A Think-Aloud Study’, Nutrients, 12(12): 3878.
Ling, T., Sutherland, A. and Pollard, J. ‘Better evaluations to support the needs of older people in the UK’, RAND Health Quarterly, 8(4): RR-2932-AGEUK.
Ariel, B., Farrar, W. and Sutherland, A. ‘Correction to: The Effect of Police Body Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police: A Randomized Controlled Trial’, Journal of Experimental Criminology, 36: 1017–1018.
Thrive at Work Wellbeing Programme Collaboration. 'Evaluation of a policy intervention to promote the health and wellbeing of workers in small and medium sized enterprises–a cluster randomised controlled trial', BMC public health, 19(1): 493. (Open access) Trial Registration: AEARCTR-0003420
Valdebenito, S., Eisner, M., Farrington, D., Ttofi, M., Sutherland, A. School-based interventions for reducing disciplinary school exclusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Experimental Criminology. (Open access)
Sutherland, A. ‘Resettlement and reoffending of female prisoners: a propensity score analysis’, Criminology & Criminal Justice; 19(1): 115-132.
Ariel, B., Sutherland, A. and Sherman, L. ‘Preventing treatment spillover contamination in criminological field experiments: the case of body-worn police cameras’, Journal of Experimental Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-018-9344-4
Nivette, A., Sutherland, A., Murray, J., Mikton, C. and Eisner, M. ‘Sex differences in violent behaviour are not universal: evidence from sixty low-and middle-income countries’. Aggressive Behavior. (Open access)
Valdebenito, S., Eisner, M., Farrington, D., Ttofi, M., Sutherland, A. School-based interventions for reducing disciplinary school exclusion: a systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. http://campbellcollaboration.org/library/reducing-school-exclusion-school-based-interventions.html
Ariel, B., Sutherland, A. et al. ‘Paradoxical effects of being observed: testing the effect of police body-worn cameras on assaults against officers’, Journal of Experimental Criminology, 14: 19–47
Ariel, B., Bland, M. and Sutherland, A. ‘Lowering the threshold of effective deterrence—testing the effect of private security agents in public spaces on crime: a randomized controlled trial in a mass transit system’, PLoS One (Online first).
Maskaly, J., Donner, C., Jennings, W. G., Ariel, B. and Sutherland, A. (2017) ‘The effects of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on police and citizen outcomes: A state-of-the-art review’, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 40(4): 672-688.
Sutherland, A., Ariel, B., Farrar, W and De Anda, R. ‘Post-Experimental Follow-Ups - Fadeout versus Persistence Effects: The Rialto Police Body-worn Camera Experiment Four Years On’. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 53: 110-116.
Coulton, S.; Stockdale, K.; Marchand, C.; Hendrie, N.; Billings, J.; Boniface, S.; Butler, S.; DeLuca, P.; Drummond, C.; Newbury-Birch, D.; Pellat-Higgins, T; Stevens, A.; Sutherland, A.; Wilson, E. ‘Pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a multi-component intervention to reduce substance use and risk-taking behaviour in adolescents involved in the criminal justice system: A trial protocol (RISKIT-CJS)’, BMC Public Health, 17:246.
Ariel, B., Sutherland, A., Henstock, D., Young, J. and Sosinski, G. ‘The Deterrence Spectrum: Explaining why police body-worn cameras ‘work’ or ‘backfire’ in aggressive police-public encounters’, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 12(1): 6-26
Ariel, B., Sutherland, A. et al. 'Contagious Accountability': A Global Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Police Body-Worn-Cameras on Citizen’s Complaints against the Police’, Criminal Justice & Behaviour, 44(2): 293–316.
Ilie, S., Vignoles, A. and Sutherland, A. ‘Revisiting Free School Meal eligibility as a proxy for socio-economic deprivation in school research’, British Educational Research Journal, 43(2): 253–274. One of the most read papers in BERJ 2017-18.
Obsuth, I., Sutherland, A., Cope, A., Nordby, L., Murray, A. and Eisner, M. ‘London Education and Inclusion Project (LEIP): Results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial of an intervention to reduce school exclusion and antisocial behaviour’, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(3): 538-557. (Online publication 2016. Version of record - March 2017, Volume 46, Issue 3, pp 538–557)
Ariel, B., Sutherland, A. et al. ‘Wearing body cameras increases assaults against officers and does not reduce police use of force: Results from a global multi-site experiment’, European Journal of Criminology, 13(6): 744-755. Most cited and most read EJC paper in last three years.
Ariel, B., Sutherland, A., et al. ‘Report: increases in police use of force in the presence of body-worn cameras are driven by officer discretion: a protocol-based subgroup analysis of ten randomized experiments’, Journal of Experimental Criminology, 12(3): 453–463. Top downloaded article in the Journal’s history
Van Ginneken, E., Molleman, T. and Sutherland, A. ‘An ecological analysis of prison overcrowding and suicide rates in England and Wales, 2000–2014’, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 50: 76-82.
Obsuth, I., Cope, A., Sutherland, A., Nordby, L., Murray, A., Eisner, M. ‘London Education and Inclusion Project (LEIP): Exploring negative and null effects of a cluster-randomised school-intervention to reduce school exclusion – findings from protocol-based subgroup analyses’, PLoS One, 11(4): e0152423. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152423
Ariel, B., Farrar, W. and Sutherland, A. ‘The effect of police body-worn cameras on use-of-force and citizens’ complaints against the police: a randomized controlled trial’, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 31(3): 509-535. Selected as “2015 must read” article by Springer Editors-in-Chief.
Taylor, A., Boyle, A., Sutherland, A. and Giacomantonio, C. ‘Using ambulance data to reduce community violence: critical literature review’, European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 23(4):248-252. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26629765
Valdebenito, S., Eisner, M., Farrington, D., Ttofi, M., Sutherland, A. School-based interventions for reducing disciplinary school exclusion: Protocol for a systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews.
Brunton-Smith, I., Jackson, J. and Sutherland, A. ‘Bridging Structure and Perception: On the Neighbourhood Ecology of Beliefs and Worries about Violent Crime’, British Journal of Criminology, 54(4): 503-526.
Obsuth, I., Sutherland, A., Nordby, L., Scott, S., Valdebenito, S., Hall, R. and Eisner, M. ‘London Education and Inclusion Project (LEIP): a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol of an intervention to reduce antisocial behaviour and improve educational/occupational attainment for pupils at risk of school exclusion’, BMC Psychology, 2: 24. (Open Access) doi:10.1186/s40359-014-0024-5 ISRCTN23244695
Sutherland, A., Brunton-Smith, I. and Jackson, J. ‘Collective efficacy, deprivation and violence in London’, British Journal of Criminology, 53(6): 1050-1074.
Brunton-Smith, I., Sutherland, A. and Jackson, J. ‘The role of neighbourhoods in shaping crime and perceptions of crime’, in Maarten van Ham (ed.) Neighbourhood effects or neighbourhood based problems? A policy context. London: Springer.
Sutherland, A. ‘Is parental socio-economic status related to the initiation of substance use by young people in an English city? An event history analysis’, Social Science & Medicine, 74: 1053-1061.
Sutherland, A. ‘The ‘scaled approach’ in youth justice: Fools rush in…’, Youth Justice: An International Journal, 9(1): 44-60.
Baker, K. and Sutherland, A. (eds) Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements and Youth Justice. Bristol: Policy Press.
2025 Sutherland, A. and Brennan, I. Statistical Analysis Plan. Another Chance Fund Focused Deterrence programme: a multicentre randomised controlled trial. London: Youth Endowment Fund. ISRCTN11650008.
2023b Brennan, I., Simanovic, T., McFarlane, P., Graham, W. and Sutherland, A. Protocol. Focused Deterrence programme: a multicentred randomised controlled trial. London: Youth Endowment Fund. ISRCTN11650008.
2022b Calcraft, P., Stuijfzand, B. and Sutherland, A. Levelling up Information Sharing to Tackle Violence. London: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. [Confidential]
2021d Taylor, P., Bohling, K., Broch-Due, I., Jacob, C. and Sutherland, A. A mixed methods evaluation of the Embedding Formative Assessment scale up. London: Education Endowment Foundation.
2019d Picken, N., Baker, K., d’Angelo, C., Fays, C. and Sutherland, A. Process Evaluation of AssetPlus. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. (Annexes)
2016b Sutherland, A. and Brunton-Smith, I. Evaluation of Sentencing Council Guidelines: Theft offences final report. London: Office of the Sentencing Council.
2016c Davies, M., Brunton-Smith, I. Sanchez, J. P. and Sutherland, A. Evaluation of Sentencing Council Guidelines: Drug offences final report. London: Office of the Sentencing Council.
2016d Sutherland, A. Briefing note: effect of LASPO on sentencing severity for possession offences. London: Office of the Sentencing Council.
2016e Sutherland, A. Davies, M., Brunton-Smith, I. Herrea, F. Evaluation of Sentencing Council Guidelines: Additional drugs report. London: Office of the Sentencing Council.
2008 Sutherland, A. and Jones, S. MAPPA and Youth Justice: An Exploration of Youth Offending Team engagement with Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements. London: Youth Justice Board.
2007a Sutherland, A., Taylor, E., Gray, E., Merrington, S. and Roberts, C. Piloting 12-month ISSP – Evaluation and research findings. London: Youth Justice Board.
2006a Sutherland, A. et al. The Role of Risk and Protective Factors. London: Youth Justice Board.
2006b Sutherland, A., Baker, K. and Merrington, S. Youth Rehabilitation Order: an exploration of practice in four YOTs prior to revisions to National Standards. London: Youth Justice Board (Confidential).
2004 Moore, R. (et al.) ISSP: the initial report. London: Youth Justice Board.