Dr Tyson Whitten
Lecturer
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - 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 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
Year Citation 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.
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.
Scopus12021 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, 20 pages.
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.
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.
Scopus1 WoS12020 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.
Scopus12020 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.
Scopus22020 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.
Scopus2 WoS12020 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.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12019 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.
Scopus2 WoS32019 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.
Scopus5 Europe PMC12019 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.
Scopus52018 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.
Scopus62018 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.
Scopus19 WoS20 Europe PMC32018 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.
Scopus82017 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.
Scopus102017 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.
Scopus52017 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.
— Salter, M., & Whitten, T. (n.d.). A Comparative Content Analysis of Pre-Internet and Contemporary Child Sexual Abuse Material. Deviant Behavior, 1-15.
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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 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 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. 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. 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. 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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