By Professor Tony Gerard Butler

Books

Hwang YIJ; Chowdhury N; O'Driscoll C; Allnutt S; Butler T, 2025, ‘Treating’ violence: An exploration of Mental Health Review Tribunal contact and community treatment order use in people with psychosis, Australian Institute of Criminology, http://dx.doi.org/10.52922/crg77888

Dwyer A; Ball M; Crofts T, 2016, Queering criminology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137513342

Kenny DT; Nelson PK; Schreiner I; Lennings CJ; Butler T, 2008, Young Offenders on Community Orders, Sydney University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.4256618

Book Chapters

Adily A; Allnutt S; Butler T, 2025, 'Exploring Risk Factors for Offending Behaviours in Individuals with Psychosis and Impact of Interventions to Reduce Offending', in Psychosis - From Cell to Society, IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1009806

Simpson PL; Reekie J; Butler T; Richters J; Yap L; Donovan B, 2016, 'Sexual coercion in men's prisons', in Dwyer A; Ball M; Crofts T (ed.), Queering Criminology, pp. 204 - 228

Simpson P; Reekie J; Butler T; Richters J; Yap L; Donovan B, 2016, 'Sexual Coercion in Men’s Prisons', in Queering Criminology, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 204 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137513342_11

Journal articles

Lukmanjaya W; Halmich C; Butler T; Cook D; Karystianis G, 2026, 'Computational text analysis on unstructured police data: a scoping review', Crime Science, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40163-026-00272-2

Akpanekpo EI; Chowdhury NZ; Adily A; Karystianis G; Butler T, 2026, 'Early Mental Health Treatment and Domestic Violence Outcomes in Psychosis: A Population-Based Cohort Study', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00207640261446101

Akpanekpo EI; Kasinathan J; Gaskin C; Greenberg D; Schofield PW; Butler T, 2026, 'Mental health diversion and criminal justice outcomes: a population-based cohort study of 53,605 justice-involved adolescents.', Health Justice, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-026-00413-4

Akpanekpo EI; Karystianis G; Jones J; Butler T, 2026, 'Hospital-presenting self-harm and suicide among justice-involved adolescents on community-based orders: A population-based cohort study', General Hospital Psychiatry, 99, pp. 112 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2026.01.012

Akpanekpo EI; Kariminia A; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Kasinathan J; Greenberg D; Butler T, 2026, 'Temporal relationships between incarceration and mental disorders among justice-involved adolescents: A population-based cohort study', Australasian Psychiatry, 34, pp. 55 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562251383801

Man M; Simpson PL; Allnutt S; Butler T, 2026, 'Could the Bondi Junction tragedy have been prevented? Lessons for forensic-informed community care', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674261436934

Spike E; Butler T; Srasuebkul P; Trollor J; Sara G; Greenberg D; Kariminia A, 2026, 'Health characteristics and court diversion among adults with psychosis in the New South Wales Local Court: A data-linkage study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251405145

Hwang J; Trofimovs J; Sinmaz H; Srasuebkul P; Snoyman P; Hampton S; Butler T; Arnold S; Reeve R; Trollor J, 2026, 'Predictors of Receiving Disability Support Services After Release From Prison in Adults With Intellectual Disability: A Population-Based Linkage Study From New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 70, pp. 76 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jir.70058

Karystianis G; Stephenson F; Taflan P; Reutens S; Heffernan E; Butler T, 2026, 'Who you gonna call? Examining police reports involving people with psychosis to improve front line management', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1728409

Mantell R; Withall A; Hagos AK; Radford K; Ginnivan N; Snoyman P; Schofield PW; Butler T; In Jane Hwang Y, 2025, 'A critical realist analysis of digital health screening for older people in prison', Ssm Qualitative Research in Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100581

Hagos AK; Karystianis G; Kita S; Montalto A; Lerigo F; Butler T, 2025, 'Domestic violence among adult male victims in non-intimate relationships: a text mining study using NSW police narratives', Crime Science, 14, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40163-025-00250-0

Miu B; Simpson PL; Butler T; Wilson M; Kynuna D; Shaw R; Jones J, 2025, 'Exploring fathers’ child and family support during Aboriginal mothers’ incarceration', Alternative, 21, pp. 767 - 776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11771801251374128

Butler T; Akpanekpo EI; Knight L; Robledo K; Greenberg D; Ellis A; Allnutt S; Wilhelm K; Jones A; Scott R; Ton B; Grant L; Mitchell P; Tynan R; Jones J; Villa D; Chappell D; Dixon C; Churchill A; Gebski V; Keech T; Schofield PW, 2025, 'Sertraline to reduce recidivism in impulsive violent offenders (ReINVEST): a randomised double blind clinical trial', Eclinicalmedicine, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103668

Nielsen TC; Nanan R; Butler T; Nassar N; Poulton A, 2025, 'Stimulant treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and risk of first and repeat juvenile criminal offending: a population-based cohort study', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 79, pp. 926 - 933, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2025-224498

Hagos AK; Thain E; Cox S; Knight L; Schofield P; Butler T, 2025, 'Women’s experiences of changes in related men’s impulsivity and domestic violence following men’s participation in the ReINVEST clinical trial', BMC Public Health, 25, pp. 2945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24056-6

Fischer L; Wilson M; Schofield PW; Jones J; Kariminia A; Barrett E; Dean K; Sullivan E; Covington S; Butler T, 2025, 'Exposure to Childhood Adversity and Intimate Partner Violence in a Sample of Incarcerated Women in Australia', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 69, pp. 2131 - 2148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X241270577

Hwang JYI; Butler T; Schofield P; Mantell R; Kasumovic M; Ginnivan N; Radford K; Hubbard RE; Gordon E; Montalto A; Snoyman P; Withall A, 2025, 'Collaborative Development and User Testing of an Equitable Digital Frailty and Aging Screener for Marginalized Older Adults Using Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview (ACASI): Lessons From the ASCAPE Project (Preprint)', JMIR Formative Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/85768

Spike E; Srasuebkul P; Kariminia A; Butler T; Trollor J, 2025, 'Imprisonment and mortality among adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities in New South Wales, Australia, 2001–2015: a data-linkage cohort study', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102805

Bah R; Sheehan Y; Li X; Price N; Butler T; Dore GJ; Grebely J; Lloyd AR; Hajarizadeh B, 2025, 'Challenges and facilitators in repeated bio-behavioural surveys for blood-borne virus infections in Australian prisons', International Journal of Drug Policy, 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104401

Akpanekpo EI; Chowdhury NZ; Butler T, 2025, 'Early mental health treatment and reoffending among justice-involved youth diagnosed with psychosis', Schizophrenia Research, 284, pp. 16 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2025.07.025

Chowdhury NZ; Hwang YI; Spike E; Kariminia A; Dean K; Adily A; Ellis A; Greenberg DM; Grant L; Allnutt S; Butler T, 2025, 'Psychosis and self-harm in prison: a population-based case–control study', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095464

Morgan P; Hwang YI; Butler T; Simpson P; Schofield PW; Hwang J, 2025, 'The co-constitution of chaos: The entangling of individual and institution in the Australian criminal justice system', Journal of Criminology, 58, pp. 327 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076241309653

Akpanekpo EI; Butler T; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Kasinathan J; Greenberg D; Schofield PW; Kenny DT; Gaskin C; Simpson M; Jones J; Ekanem AM; Kariminia A, 2025, 'Mental health disorders, adverse childhood experiences and accelerated reoffending among justice-involved youth in Australia: A longitudinal recurrent event analysis', International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2025.102099

Nielsen TC; Nanan R; Butler T; Nassar N; Poulton A, 2025, 'Changing patterns of treatment and prescribers of stimulants for children, adolescents and young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in New South Wales, Australia: evidence for a treatment bottleneck? – A database study', Australasian Psychiatry, 33, pp. 417 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562251313697

Browne CC; Korobanova D; Yee N; Chemjong P; Spencer SJ; Ma T; Butler T; Dean K, 2025, 'Factors Associated With Postrelease Healthcare and Justice Contact Among Prison Entrants in New South Wales', International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 24, pp. 143 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14999013251324219

Hwang J; Hagos A; Harris-Roxas B; Withall A; Butler T; Hampton S; Cheng C; Elmer S, 2025, '“Equipping and enabling” health literacy during a “time of change”: understanding health literacy and organisational health literacy responsiveness for people leaving prison in later life', Health & Justice, 13, pp. 21 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-025-00328-6

Simpson PL; Guthrie J; Jones J; Haire B; Butler T, 2025, 'Ethical issues in conducting health research with people in prison: Results of a deliberative research project conducted with people in Australian prisons', Social Science and Medicine, 367, pp. 117751 - 117751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117751

Reutens S; Butler T; Hwang YIJ; Withall A, 2025, 'An examination of criminal offenders with dementia in Australian courts', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 32, pp. 92 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2280518

Akpanekpo EI; Butler T, 2025, 'Clinical phenotypes of psychosis and reoffending risk among justice-involved adolescents: a population-based cohort study', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1663025

Mantell R; Hwang YIJ; Dark M; Radford K; Kasumovic M; Monds L; Schofield PW; Butler T; Withall A, 2025, 'Evaluating the User Experience and Usability of Game-Based Cognitive Assessments for Older People: Systematic Review', Jmir Aging, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/65252

Akpanekpo EI; Kariminia A; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Kasinathan J; Simpson M; Butler T, 2025, 'Examining the validity of youth violence risk predictions across criminal justice supervision contexts', Justice Opportunities and Rehabilitation, 64, pp. 329 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2997965X.2025.2507575

Lukmanjaya W; Butler T; Cox S; Perez-Concha O; Bromfield L; Karystianis G, 2025, 'Leveraging AI to Investigate Child Maltreatment Text Narratives: Promising Benefits and Addressable Risks', Jmir Pediatrics and Parenting, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/73579

Reutens S; Akpanekpo E; Karystianis G; Withall A; Butler T, 2025, 'Older Perpetrators of Domestic Violence: Mixed-Effects Logistic Regression Analysis of Police Records', Jmir Aging, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/75993

Doring N; Akpanekpo EI; Hwang YI; Schofield PW; Ton B; Knight L; Gullotta M; Butler TG, 2025, 'The impact of behavioral nudges on clinical trial retention of men with a history of violent offending', Justice Opportunities and Rehabilitation, 64, pp. 273 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2997965X.2025.2480061

Akpanekpo EI; Srasuebkul P; Butler T; Trollor JN; Kasinathan J; Kenny D; Greenberg DM; Simpson M; Gaskin C; Jones J; Chowdhury NZ; Ekanem A; Kariminia A, 2025, 'Association Between Mental Health Treatment and Reoffending Among Justice-Involved Youths', PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, 76, pp. 706 - 713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240533

Adily A; Karystianis G; Butler T, 2025, 'Text mining police narratives: Uncovering abuse types and victim injuries in domestic violence', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf165.012

Karystianis G; Lukmanjaya W; Buchan I; Simpson P; Ginnivan N; Nenadic G; Butler T, 2024, 'An analysis of published study designs in PubMed prisoner health abstracts from 1963 to 2023: a text mining study', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02186-6

Karystianis G; Kita S; Lerigo F; Sheridan L; Butler T, 2024, 'Characteristics of adult male victims in intimate heterosexual relationships from domestic violence police narratives', Crime Science, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40163-024-00228-4

Hwang YI; Hampton S; Withall AL; Snoyman P; Forsyth K; Butler T, 2024, 'Multi-sector stakeholder consensus on tackling the complex health and social needs of the growing population of people leaving prison in older age', Health and Justice, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-024-00271-y

Bah R; Sheehan Y; Li X; Dore GJ; Grebely J; Lloyd AR; Hajarizadeh B; Bah R; Li C; Byrne M; Butler T; Musarurwa B; Hooshmand E; Simpson A; Alrayyani M; Price N; Groom M, 2024, 'Prevalence of blood-borne virus infections and uptake of hepatitis C testing and treatment in Australian prisons: the AusHep study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101240

Karystianis G; Chowdhury N; Sheridan L; Reutens S; Wade S; Allnutt S; Kim MT; Poynton S; Butler T, 2024, 'Text mining domestic violence police narratives to identify behaviours linked to coercive control', Crime Science, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40163-024-00200-2

Spike E; Srasuebkul P; Butler T; Trollor J; Jones J; Cripps K; Sara G; Grant L; Allnutt S; Greenberg D; Schofield PW; Adily A; Chowdhury NZ; Kariminia A, 2024, 'Mortality, Criminal Sanctions, and Court Diversion in People With Psychosis', JAMA Network Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.42146

Nielsen T; Nanan R; Butler T; Nassar N; Poulton A, 2024, 'Stimulant treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and risk of first and repeat criminal offending: a population data linkage cohort study', International Journal of Population Data Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i5.2714

Smith H; Wilson M; Donovan B; Jones J; Butler T; Nathan S; Simpson P, 2024, 'Factors associated with unintended pregnancy and contraceptive practices in justice-involved adolescent girls in Australia', Plos One, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304825

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