
Dr Tyson Whitten
Lecturer
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Tyson is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Adelaide, and an adjunct Lecturer in the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. He was awarded his PhD in Criminology from Griffith University, where he also completed his undergraduate degree in Criminology and Psychology. Tyson’s research examines the development of criminal and antisocial behaviour across the life-course, with a focus on the risk factors and adverse health outcomes associated with young people’s involvement in, or experiences of, crime and delinquency.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2020 - 2023 Adjunct Lecturer University of New South Wales 2020 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2014 - 2018 Griffith University Australia PhD 2013 Griffith University Australia Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours, 1st class) 2012 Griffith University Australia Bachelor of Psychological Science -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country — Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice (SS1978) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention — Advanced Structural Equation Modelling using Mplus Australian National University Australia — Going Places with Spatial Analysis – ArcGIS Environmental Systems Research Institute (United States) United States
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Journals
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Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2021 Dean, K., Whitten, T., Tzoumakis, S., Laurens, K. R., Harris, F., Carr, V. J., & Green, M. J. (2021). CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL ENTRY AND EARLY CONTACT WITH POLICE: A RECORD LINKAGE STUDY. Poster session presented at the meeting of AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2021 Green, M. J., Hindmarsh, G., Harris, F., Laurens, K. R., Tzoumakis, S., Whitten, T., . . . Carr, V. J. (2021). Child protection status and developmental outcomes in early and middle childhood: A data summary from the NSW Child Development Study.
2021 Cale, J., Zmudski, F., Hilferty, F., & Whitten, T. (2021). Evaluation of Home Detention in South Australia: Interim Report for Phase 2. 2021 Cripps, K., Breckenridge, J., Whitten, T., Burton, M., Dubler, N., & Suchting, M. (2021). National Audit of Keeping Women Safe in their Homes/Safe at Home Programs: Jurisdictional Report – Western Australia. Sydney: Gendered Violence Research Network. 2021 Breckenridge, J., Cripps, K., Whitten, T., Burton, M., Dubler, N., & Suchting, M. (2021). National Audit of Keeping Women Safe in their Homes/Safe at Home Programs: Jurisdictional Report – Tasmania. Sydney: Gendered Violence Network UNSW. 2021 Cripps, K., Breckenridge, J., Whitten, T., Dubler, N., Burton, M., & Suchting, M. (2021). National Audit of Keeping Women Safe in their Homes/Safe at Home Programs: Jurisdictional Report - Northern Territory. Sydney: Gendered Violence Research Network UNSW. 2021 Breckenridge, J., Cripps, K., Whitten, T., Burton, M., Dubler, N., & Suchting, M. (2021). National Audit of Keeping Women Safe in their Homes/Safe at Home Programs: Jurisdictional Report – Australian Capital Territory. Sydney: Gendered Violence Research Network. 2021 Logos, K., Rubinshtein, S., Brewer, R., Whitten, T., Cale, J., Holt, T., & Goldsmith, A. (2021). South Australian Digital South Survey Research Report: Year 3 Results. Adelaide: University of Adelaide. 2020 Breckenridge, J., Cripps, K., Whitten, T., Burton, M., Dubler, N., & Suchting, M. (2020). National Audit of Keeping Women Safe in their Homes/Safe at Home Programs: Jurisdictional Report – Victoria. Sydney: Gendered Violence Research Network. 2020 Breckenridge, J., Cripps, K., Whitten, T., Burton, M., Dubler, N., & Suchting, M. (2020). National Audit of Keeping Women Safe in their Homes/Safe at Home Programs: Jurisdictional Report – South Australia. Sydney: Gendered Violence Research Network. 2020 Breckenridge, J., Cripps, K., valentine, K., Whitten, T., Burton, M., Dubler, N., & Suchting, M. (2020). National Audit of Keeping Women Safe in their Homes/Safe at Home Programs: Jurisdictional Report – Queensland. Sydney: Gendered Violence Research Network UNSW. 2020 Breckenridge, J., Cripps, K., Whitten, T., Burton, M., Dubler, N., & Suchting, M. (2020). National Audit of Keeping Women Safe in their Homes/Safe at Home Programs: Jurisdictional Report – New South Wales. Sydney: Gender Violence Research Network UNSW. 2020 Brewer, R., Whitten, T., Sayer, M., & Langos, C. (2020). Identifying risk factors associated with adolescent cyber-deviance in Australia Implications for Policy and Practice. Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre. 2020 Sayer, M., Whitten, T., Brewer, R., Cale, J., Holt, T., & Goldsmith, A. (2020). South Australian Digital Youth Survey Research Report: Year 2 Results. Adelaide: University of Adelaide. 2019 Cale, J., Zmudzki, F., Hilferty, F., Lafferty, L., Whitten, T., & Valentine, K. (2019). Evaluation of Home Detention in South Australia: Final Report. 2019 Cale, J., Whitten, T., Brewer, R., de Vel-Palumbo, M., Goldsmith, A., & Holt, T. (2019). South Australian Digital Youth Survey Research Report: Year 1 Results. University of Adelaide. -
Theses
Year Citation 2018 Whitten, T. (2018). Defining and Measuring Persistent Offending. (PhD Thesis, Griffith University).
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 Co-Supervisor Cyberbullying prevention: Efficacy of a school-based program implemented in Australia and the United Kingdom Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Morgan Lee Ruth Sayer 2020 Co-Supervisor Understanding the Role of Internet Addiction in Adolescent Cyber-Sexual Delinquency Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Caitlan Elizabeth Sian Miller
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Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2021 - 2021 Examining the overlap of young people’s contact with the police as a person of interest and victim or witness. Online Stockholm Criminology Symposium Sweden 2021 - 2021 Early life predictors of suspensions from primary school: a longitudinal multi-agency record-linkage study. Online Australian Early Development Census National Conference Australia 2020 - ongoing Disparities in adverse health events among clients with a history of criminal conviction following drug and alcohol treatment Online Developmental and Life course Criminology Thematic Group Webinar Australia 2020 - 2020 Young people’s profiles of cyber delinquency. San Francisco American Society of Criminology conference United States 2020 - 2020 Early life predictors of suspensions from primary school: Cross-agency indicators of risk for school exclusion in a NSW population cohort. Adelaide International Population data Linkage Network Conference Australia 2018 - 2018 Young People, the Internet and Emerging Pathways into Criminality: A study of Australian Adolescents. Atlanta American Society of Criminology conference United States 2017 - 2017 Disentangling Operationalizations of Persistent Offending Stockholm Stockholm Criminology Symposium Sweden 2017 - ongoing Disentangling Operationalisations of Persistent Offending. Brisbane Griffith Criminology Institute Seminar Series Australia 2016 - 2016 Defining and Measuring Persistent Offending New Orleans American Society of Criminology conference United States 2016 - 2016 How does Early Antisocial Behaviour Impact Later Life Success? An Examination of the age 30 Outcomes in an Australian population Sample. Amsterdam Life History Research Society Meeting Netherlands 2015 - 2015 Conceptualising Persistent Offending Adelaide The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology conference Australia 2013 - 2013 The Relationship Between Maternal Prenatal Smoking, Alcohol Consumption and Persistent Antisocial Behaviour in Offspring Brisbane The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology conference Australia
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