Dr. Matthew Bland
fellow
Email Address: matthewbland@cambridge-ebp.co.uk
Follow on Twitter: @mattblandcambs
Dr. Bland is a Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing, leading on research projects in numerous police forces across England and Wales and teaching on the Cambridge Crime Analysis Course. He leads on the development of solvability and risk assessment algorithms and their implementation within operational settings.
Dr. Bland is also a Lecturer at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, where he lectures and supervises students on the M.St. Degree in Applied Criminology and Police Management (Police Executive Programme). Formerly, he was Head of Strategic Analysis and Principal Intelligence Analyst for Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies for more than 15 years, during which time he played a leading role in embedding of the National Intelligence Model and Force Management Statements.
Selected publications:
Ariel, Barak, and Matthew Bland (2019) ‘Is Crime Rising or Falling? A Comparison of Police-Recorded Crime and Victimization Surveys.’ In Mathieu Deflem and Derek M. D. Silva (Eds.) Methods of Criminology and Criminal Justice Research: Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance. (24) Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, 7–31.
Ariel, Barak, Matthew Bland, and Alex Sutherland (2017) ‘“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 (12:12), 1–31.
Sherman, Lawrence W., Matthew Bland, Paul House,and Heather Strang (2016) The Felonious Few vs. The Miscreant Many: A Report to the Western Australia Police. Cambridge, Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing.
Bland, Matthew, and Barak Ariel (2015) ‘Targeting Escalation in Reported Domestic Abuse: Evidence from 36,000 Callouts.’ International Criminal Justice Review (25:1), 30–53.