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, JSTOR, 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, Springer Nature, pp. 204 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137513342_11

Journal articles

Smith H; Donovan B; Jones J; Butler T; Simpson P, 2026, '“My story is good… It’s not like that for all”: Uneven access to contraception among incarcerated women in New South Wales, Australia', Reproductive Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-026-02382-1

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; 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 and Justice, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-026-00413-4

Simpson PL; Stephenson F; Morgan P; Akpanekpo EI; Jones J; Schofield PW; Knight L; Butler T, 2026, 'The Role of Participant-Clinician Relationality and Intervention Source in a Violence Reduction Trial: A Qualitative Study.', Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, pp. 306624X261490592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X261490592

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, 72, pp. 1617 - 1626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00207640261446101

Akpanekpo EI; Knight L; Gullotta M; Schofield PW; Butler T, 2026, 'Structured psychiatric care and psychosocial support during placebo participation: association with violent and domestic-violence offending in the ReINVEST trial', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17, pp. 1843657, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1843657

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, 60, pp. 765 - 779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251405145

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, 60, pp. 515 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674261436934

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

Hwang JYI; Butler T; Schofield P; Mantell R; Kasumovic M; Ginnivan N; Radford K; Hubbard RE; Gordon E; Montalto A; Snoyman P; Withall A, 2026, 'Equitable Digital Frailty Screening for Marginalized Older Adults Using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview: Collaborative Development Guide and User Testing Study', Jmir Formative Research, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/85768

Smith H; Wilson M; Donovan B; Jones J; Butler T; Simpson P, 2026, 'Factors that impede women's contraceptive care needs during and immediately after incarceration in New South Wales, Australian. Qualitative perspectives of professional staff working with incarcerated women', Plos One, 21, pp. e0355277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0355277

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

Hwang YI; Ginnivan N; Hagos AK; Butler T; Hwang J, 2026, 'Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.70116

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; Hwang J, 2025, 'A critical realist analysis of digital health screening for older people in prison', Ssm Qualitative Research in Health, 8, pp. 100581, 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

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; Hwang J, 2025, 'Psychosis and self-harm in prison: a population-based case–control study', BMJ Open, 15, pp. e095464, 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; 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

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

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

Back to profile page