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.

Career
Publications
Supervision
Professional Activities
Contact

Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2020 - 2023 Adjunct Lecturer University of New South Wales

2020 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide

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

Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Whitten, T., Cale, J., Nathan, S., Bista, S., Ferry, M., Williams, M., . . . Hayen, A. (2022). Hospitalisation following therapeutic community drug and alcohol treatment for young people with and without a history of criminal conviction. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 231, 7 pages. DOI
2022	Green, M. J., Watkeys, O. J., Kariuki, M., Hindmarsh, G., Whitten, T., Dean, K., . . . Carr, V. J. (2022). Forecasting childhood adversities from conditions of birth. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 36(2), 230-242. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	Green, M. J., Watkeys, O. J., Whitten, T., Thomas, C., Kariuki, M., Dean, K., . . . Carr, V. J. (2021). Increased incidence of childhood mental disorders following exposure to early life infection. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 97, 376-382. DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
2021	Salter, M., & Whitten, T. (2021). A Comparative Content Analysis of Pre-Internet and Contemporary Child Sexual Abuse Material. Deviant Behavior, 1-15. DOI
2021	Green, M. J., Piotroswka, P. J., Tzoumakis, S., Whitten, T., Laurens, K. R., Butler, M., . . . Carr, V. J. (2021). Profiles of resilience from early to middle childhood among children known to Child Protection services. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, [1]-[13]. DOI
2021	Laurens, K. R., Dean, K., Whitten, T., Tzoumakis, S., Harris, F., Waddy, N., . . . Green, M. J. (2021). Early childhood predictors of elementary school suspension: An Australian record linkage study. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 77, 101343. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	Malvaso, C. G., Cale, J., Whitten, T., Day, A., Singh, S., Hackett, L., . . . Ross, S. (2021). Associations between adverse childhood experiences and trauma among young people who offend: a systematic literature review. Trauma, Violence and Abuse: a Review Journal, 1-10. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2021	Athanassiou, U., Whitten, T., Tzoumakis, S., Hindmarsh, G., Laurens, K. R., Harris, F., . . . Dean, K. (2021). Examining the overlap of young people's early contact with the police as a person of interest and victim or witness. Journal of Criminology, 54(4), 501-520. DOI WoS1
2021	Dean, K., Whitten, T., Tzoumakis, S., Laurens, K. R., Harris, F., Carr, V. J., & Green, M. J. (2021). Incidence of early police contact among children with emerging mental health problems in Australia. JAMA Network Open, 4(6), 1-13. DOI
2021	Whitten, T., Dean, K., Li, R., Laurens, K. R., Harris, F., Carr, V. J., & Green, M. J. (2021). Earlier contact with child protection services among children of parents with criminal convictions and mental disorders. Child Maltreatment, 26(1), 63-73. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2020	McGee, T. R., Whitten, T., Williams, C., Jolliffe, D., & Farrington, D. P. (2020). Classification of patterns of offending in developmental and life-course criminology, with special reference to persistence. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 59, 1-9. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2020	Tzoumakis, S., Whitten, T., Piotrowska, P. J., Dean, K., Laurens, K. R., Harris, F., . . . Green, M. J. (2020). Gender and the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior. Journal of Criminal Justice, 67, 8 pages. DOI Scopus3
2020	Whitten, T., Green, M. J., Tzoumakis, S., Laurens, K. R., Harris, F., Carr, V. J., & Dean, K. (2020). Children’s contact with police as a victim, person of interest and witness in New South Wales, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 53(3), 1-24. DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2020	Piotrowska, P. J., Whitten, T., Tzoumakis, S., Laurens, K. R., Katz, I., Carr, V. J., . . . Green, M. J. (2020). Transitions between socio-emotional and cognitive vulnerability profiles from early to middle childhood: a population study using multi-agency administrative records. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: official journal of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 29(12), 1659-1670. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
2019	Whitten, T., Green, M., Laurens, K., Tzoumakis, S., Harris, F., Carr, V., & Dean, K. (2019). Parental offending and children’s emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 27(9), 832-838. DOI Scopus4 WoS5
2019	Whitten, T., Laurens, K., Tzoumakis, S., Kaggodaarachchi, S., Green, M., Harris, F., . . . Dean, K. (2019). The influence of parental offending on the continuity and discontinuity of children’s internalizing and externalizing difficulties from early to middle childhood. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54(8), 965-975. DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC1
2019	Whitten, T., Burton, M., Tzoumakis, S., & Dean, K. (2019). Parental Offending and Child Physical Health, Mental Health, and Drug Use Outcomes: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(5), 1155-1168. DOI Scopus5
2018	Whitten, T., Stevens, R., Ructtinger, L., Tzoumakis, S., Green, M., Laurens, K., . . . Carr, V. (2018). Connection to the Natural Environment and Well-Being in Middle Childhood. Ecopsychology, 10(4), 270-279. DOI Scopus8
2018	Green, M. J., Harris, F., Laurens, K. R., Kariuki, M., Tzoumakis, S., Dean, K., . . . Carr, V. J. (2018). Cohort Profile: the New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS)-wave 2 (child age 13 years). International Journal of Epidemiology, 47(5), 13 pages. DOI Scopus27 WoS29 Europe PMC4
2018	Whitten, T., McGee, T. R., Homel, R., Farrington, D. P., & Ttofi, M. (2018). Comparing the criminal careers and childhood risk factors of persistent, chronic, and persistent–chronic offenders. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 52(2), 151-173. DOI Scopus11
2017	Whitten, T., McGee, T. R., Homel, R., Farrington, D. P., & Ttofi, M. (2017). Disentangling Operationalizations of Persistent Offending. Journal of Criminal Justice, 52, 22-33. DOI Scopus12
2017	Whitten, T., Vecchio, N., Radford, K., & Fitzgerald, J. A. (2017). Intergenerational care as a viable intervention strategy for children at risk of delinquency. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 52(1), 48-62. DOI Scopus7
2017	Whitten, T. (2017). Nicholas L. Holt , ed., Positive Youth Development Through Sport, 2nd ed., New York: Routledge, 2016, ISBN 9 7811 3889 1814, 244 pp., £29.99 p/b, £100 h/b.. Queensland Review, 24(1), 164-166. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2021	Whitten, T., Cale, J., Nathan, S., Bista, S., Ferry, M., Williams, M., . . . Hayen, A. (2021). Hospitalisation following residential drug and alcohol treatment for young people with and without a history of criminal conviction. In Proceedings of the APSAD Scientific Alcohol and Drug Conference as published in Drug and Alcohol Review Vol. 40 (pp. S151). online: Wiley. DOI

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. DOI
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).

Year	Citation
2018	Whitten, T. (2018). Defining and Measuring Persistent Offending. (PhD Thesis, Griffith University).

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

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

Position: Lecturer
Phone: 83130880
Email: tyson.whitten@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Napier, floor 1
Org Unit: School of Social Sciences

Dr Tyson Whitten

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