Dr Tyson Whitten

Senior Research Fellow
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Social Sciences
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Athanassiou U; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; Dean K, 2024, 'Contact with child protection services and subsequent rates of first police contact as a person of interest, victim or witness in early life', Children and Youth Services Review, 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107705
    Journal articles | 2024
    Bates S; Katz I; Whitten T, 2024, 'Making the most of a captive audience: Do specialist teams in custodial settings offer a way to assist people to access the NDIS?', Australian Journal of Social Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.379
    Journal articles | 2024
    Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Harris F; O'Hare K; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Carpendale EJ; Dean K; Carr VJ, 2024, 'Cohort Profile Update: The New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS) - Wave 3 (child age ∼18 years)', International Journal of Epidemiology, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae069
    Journal articles | 2024
    Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Dean K; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2024, 'Levels of Involvement with Child Protection Services Associated with Early Adolescent Police Contact as a Victim and Person of Interest', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39, pp. 2708 - 2732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605231223468
    Journal articles | 2024
    Whitten T; Cale J; Brewer R; Logos K; Holt TJ; Goldsmith A, 2024, 'Exploring the Role of Self-Control Across Distinct Patterns of Cyber-Deviance in Emerging Adolescence', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X231220011
    Journal articles | 2024
    Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Green MJ; Dean K, 2024, 'Global Prevalence of Childhood Exposure to Physical Violence within Domestic and Family Relationships in the General Population: A Systematic Review and Proportional Meta-Analysis', Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 25, pp. 1411 - 1430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248380231179133
    Journal articles | 2024
    Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Green MJ; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Dean K, 2024, 'Sex differences in the patterns of police contact during childhood and adolescence: A population-based study of 79,446 Australian young people', Journal of Criminology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076241269755
    Journal articles | 2023
    Athanassiou U; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Dean K, 2023, 'Relationships between parental mental illness and/or offending and offspring contact with the police in childhood: Findings from a longitudinal record-linkage study', Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 33, pp. 72 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2274
    Journal articles | 2023
    Brewer R; Whitten T; Logos K; Sayer M; Langos C; Holt TJ; Cale J; Goldsmith A, 2023, 'Examining the Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors Associated with Adolescent Engagement in Multiple Types of Cyberdeviance: Results from an Australian Study', Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, pp. 2046 - 2062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02586-0
    Journal articles | 2023
    Green MJ; Piotrowska PJ; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Butler M; Katz I; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2023, 'Profiles of Resilience from Early to Middle Childhood among Children Known to Child Protection Services', Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 52, pp. 533 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1969652
    Journal articles | 2023
    O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Cumulative Environmental Risk in Early Life: Associations With Schizotypy in Childhood', Schizophrenia bulletin, 49, pp. 244 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac160
    Journal articles | 2023
    O’Hare K; Watkeys O; Dean K; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Harris F; Laurens KR; Carr VJ; Green MJ; O'Hare K, 2023, 'Self-harm and suicidal ideation among young people is more often recorded by child protection than health services in an Australian population cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 1527 - 1537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231179652
    Journal articles | 2023
    Virgara JL; Whitten T, 2023, 'A systematic literature review of the longitudinal risk factors associated with juvenile cyber-deviance', Computers in Human Behavior, 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107613
    Journal articles | 2023
    Whitten T; Cale J; Nathan S; Hayen A; Williams M; Shanahan M; Ferry M, 2023, 'Duration of stay and rate of subsequent criminal conviction and hospitalisation for substance use among young people admitted to a short-term residential program', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1450 - 1460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13655
    Journal articles | 2023
    Whitten T; Cale J; Nathan S; Williams M; Baldry E; Ferry M; Hayen A, 2023, 'Influence of a residential drug and alcohol program on young people's criminal conviction trajectories', Journal of Criminal Justice, 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.102026
    Journal articles | 2022
    Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Kariuki M; Hindmarsh G; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2022, 'Forecasting childhood adversities from conditions of birth', Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 36, pp. 230 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12828
    Journal articles | 2022
    Malvaso CG; Cale J; Whitten T; Day A; Singh S; Hackett L; Delfabbro PH; Ross S, 2022, 'Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma Among Young People Who Offend: A Systematic Literature Review', Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 23, pp. 1677 - 1694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248380211013132
    Journal articles | 2022
    O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Cumulative environmental risk in early life is associated with mental disorders in childhood.', Psychological Medicine, 53, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291722001702
    Journal articles | 2022
    O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Parental and community risk factors for childhood self-harm thoughts and behaviours', Journal of Affective Disorders, 310, pp. 279 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.050
    Journal articles | 2022
    Whitten T; Cale J; Nathan S; Bista S; Ferry M; Williams M; Rawstorne P; 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, pp. 109280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109280
    Journal articles | 2022
    Whitten T; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Dean K, 2022, 'Early developmental vulnerabilities following exposure to domestic violence and abuse: Findings from an Australian population cohort record linkage study', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 153, pp. 223 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.012
    Journal articles | 2021
    Athanassiou U; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Hindmarsh G; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; 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, pp. 501 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076211014594
    Journal articles | 2021
    Dean K; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'Incidence of early police contact among children with emerging mental health problems in australia', JAMA Network Open, 4, pp. E2112057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12057
    Journal articles | 2021
    Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Whitten T; Thomas C; Kariuki M; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2021, 'Increased incidence of childhood mental disorders following exposure to early life infection', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 97, pp. 376 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.08.009
    Journal articles | 2021
    Laurens KR; Dean K; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Waddy N; Prendergast T; Taiwo M; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'Early childhood predictors of elementary school suspension: An Australian record linkage study', Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 77, pp. 101343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101343
    Journal articles | 2021
    McGee TR; Whitten T; Williams C; Jolliffe D; Farrington DP, 2021, 'Classification of patterns of offending in developmental and life-course criminology, with special reference to persistence', Aggression and Violent Behavior, 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2020.101460
    Journal articles | 2021
    Salter M; Whitten T, 2021, 'A Comparative Content Analysis of Pre-Internet and Contemporary Child Sexual Abuse Material', Deviant Behavior, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2021.1967707
    Journal articles | 2021
    Whitten T; Dean K; Li R; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'Earlier Contact with Child Protection Services Among Children of Parents With Criminal Convictions and Mental Disorders', Child Maltreatment, 26, pp. 63 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559520935204
    Journal articles | 2020
    Piotrowska PJ; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Katz I; Carr VJ; Harris F; Green MJ, 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, 29, pp. 1659 - 1670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01475-x
    Journal articles | 2020
    Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Piotrowska P; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2020, 'Gender and the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior', Journal of Criminal Justice, 67, pp. 101670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101670
    Journal articles | 2020
    Whitten T; Green MJ; Laurens KR, 2020, 'Parental offending and children's emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia (vol 73, pg 832, 2019)', JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212392corr1
    Journal articles | 2020
    Whitten T; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; 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, pp. 387 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865819890894
    Journal articles | 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, pp. 1155 - 1168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01388-7
    Journal articles | 2019
    Whitten T; Green MJ; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harrs F; Carr V; Dean K; Harris F, 2019, 'Parental offending and children's emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 73, pp. 832 - 838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212392
    Journal articles | 2019
    Whitten T; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Kaggodaarachchi S; Green MJ; Harris F; Carr VJ; 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, pp. 965 - 975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01670-5
    Journal articles | 2019
    Whitten T; McGee TR; Homel R; Farrington DP; Ttofi M, 2019, 'Comparing the criminal careers and childhood risk factors of persistent, chronic, and persistent–chronic offenders', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 52, pp. 151 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865818781203
    Journal articles | 2018
    Green MJ; Harris F; Laurens KR; Kariuki M; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Islam F; Rossen L; Whitten T; Smith M; Holbrook A; Bore M; Brinkman S; Chilvers M; Sprague T; Stevens R; Carr VJ, 2018, 'Cohort profile: The New South Wales child development study (NSW-CDS)-wave 2 (child age 13 years)', International Journal of Epidemiology, 47, pp. 1396 - 1397K, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy115
    Journal articles | 2018
    Whitten T; Stevens R; Ructtinger L; Tzoumakis S; Green MJ; Laurens KR; Holbrook A; Carr VJ, 2018, 'Connection to the natural environment and well-being in middle childhood', Ecopsychology, 10, pp. 270 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/eco.2018.0010
    Journal articles | 2017
    Whitten T; McGee TR; Homel R; Farrington DP; Ttofi M, 2017, 'Disentangling Operationalization's of Persistent Offending', Journal of Criminal Justice, 52, pp. 22 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.07.001
    Journal articles | 2017
    Whitten T; Vecchio N; Radford K; Fitzgerald JA, 2017, 'Intergenerational care as a viable intervention strategy for children at risk of delinquency', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 52, pp. 48 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.6
    Journal articles | 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, pp. 164 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2017.19
  • Reports | 2023
    Cale J; Zmudzki F; Whitten T, 2023, Evaluation of Home Detention in South Australia: Final Report, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28560
    Reports | 2023
    Salter M; Woodlock D; Whitten T; Tyler M; Naldrett G; Breckenridge J; Nolan J; Peleg N, 2023, Identifying and understanding child sexual offending behaviours and attitudes among Australian men, UNSW, Sydney, https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/worlds-largest-child-sexual-abuse-perpetration-prevalence-study-recommends-significant-investment-early-intervention-measures
    Reports | 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, Gendered Violence Research Network, Sydney
    Reports | 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, Gendered Violence Network UNSW, Sydney
    Reports | 2021
    Cale J; Zmudzki F; Hilferty F; Whitten T, 2021, Evaluation of Home Detention in South Australia: Report 1, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28497
    Reports | 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, Gendered Violence Research Network, Sydney
    Reports | 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, Gendered Violence Research Network UNSW, Sydney
    Conference Abstracts | 2021
    Dean K; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL ENTRY AND EARLY CONTACT WITH POLICE: A RECORD LINKAGE STUDY', in AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, Vol. 55, pp. 72 - 73, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000648619900169&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Reports | 2021
    Green MJ; Hindmarsh G; Harris F; Laurens K; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Katz I; Carr V, 2021, Child protection status and developmental outcomes in early and middle childhood: A data summary from the NSW Child Development Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/8hv3-s740
    Reports | 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, Gender Violence Research Network UNSW, Sydney
    Reports | 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, Gendered Violence Research Network, Sydney
    Reports | 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, Gendered Violence Research Network, Sydney
    Reports | 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, Gendered Violence Research Network UNSW, Sydney
    Reports | 2019
    Cale J; Zmudzki F; Hilferty F; Lafferty L; Whitten T; Doyle M; valentine K, 2019, Evaluation of Home Detention in South Australia: Final Report, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27455, https://www.corrections.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/107961/Evaluation-of-Home-Detention-in-South-Australia-Final-Report.pdf
    Preprints |
    Whitten T; Cale J; Goldsmith A, Exploring the Role of Self-Control Across Distinct Patterns of Cyber-Deviance in Emerging Adolescence, http://dx.doi.org/10.21428/cb6ab371.f3e8e6d8