By Professor Tony Gerard Butler

Journal articles

Stewart AC; Cossar RD; Wilkinson AL; Quinn B; Dietze P; Walker S; Butler T; Curtis M; Aitken C; Kirwan A; Winter R; Ogloff J; Kinner S; Stoové M, 2021, 'The Prison and Transition Health (PATH) cohort study: Prevalence of health, social, and crime characteristics after release from prison for men reporting a history of injecting drug use in Victoria, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108970

Butler T; Schofield PW; Knight L; Ton B; Greenberg D; Scott RJ; Grant L; Keech AC; Gebski V; Jones J; Ellis A; Weatherburn D; Wilhelm K; Jones A; Churchill A; Allnutt S; Mitchell PB; Chappell D; Deste C; Villa D; Carr V, 2021, 'Sertraline hydrochloride for reducing impulsive behaviour in male, repeat-violent offenders (ReINVEST): Protocol for a phase IV, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e044656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044656

Hajarizadeh B; Grebely J; Byrne M; Marks P; Amin J; McManus H; Butler T; Cunningham EB; Vickerman P; Martin NK; McHutchison JG; Brainard DM; Treloar C; Chambers GM; Grant L; Mcgrath C; Lloyd AR; Dore GJ; Loveday S; Tamaddoni M; Obeid S; Estivill Mercade G; Martinez M; Donnelly R; Bowman J; Trevethan L; Lagios K; Murrell T; Bath N; Tawil V; Stevens A; Topp L; Churchill A; Pinnock K; Martin N; Drew S; Harrod M; Smith A; Williams R; Cooper B; Somes K; Burns C; Kaur A; Lobo C; Conroy K; McCredie L; Café C; Anlezark J; Rawlinson W; Yeang M; Wynn M; Willenborg C, 2021, 'Evaluation of hepatitis C treatment-as-prevention within Australian prisons (SToP-C): a prospective cohort study', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 6, pp. 533 - 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00077-7

Adily A; Karystianis G; Butler T, 2021, 'Text mining police narratives for mentions of mental disorders in family and domestic violence events', TRENDS AND ISSUES IN CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, pp. 1 - 15, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000672806800001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Adily A; Karystianis G; Butler T, 2021, 'Text mining police narratives to identify types of abuse and victim injuries in family and domestic violence events', TRENDS AND ISSUES IN CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.52922/ti04923

Settumba S; Butler T; Schofield P; Chambers GM; Shanahan M, 2021, 'Societal preferences for the treatment of impulsive-violent offenders: A discrete choice experiment', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033935

Weatherburn D; Albalawi O; Chowdhury N; Wand H; Adily A; Allnutt S; Butler T, 2021, 'Does mental health treatment reduce recidivism among offenders with a psychotic illness?', Journal of Criminology, 54, pp. 239 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865821996426

Withall A; Karystianis G; Duncan D; Hwang YI; Kidane AH; Butler T; Hwang J, 2021, 'Domestic Violence in Residential Care Facilities in New South Wales, Australia: A Text Mining Study', Gerontologist, 62, pp. 223 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab068

Steele ML; Meurk C; Schess J; Yap L; Jones J; Harden S; Davison S; Butler T; Heffernan E, 2021, 'Substance use and help-seeking among justice-involved young people in Queensland and Western Australia: A cross-sectional survey of 14–17-year-olds', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 617 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13238

Simpson PL; Levy M; Butler T, 2021, 'Incarcerated people should be prioritised for covid-19 vaccination', The BMJ, 373, pp. n859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n859

Kwon JA; Chambers GM; Luciani F; Zhang L; Kinathil S; Kim D; Thein HH; Botha W; Thompson S; Lloyd A; Yap L; Gray RT; Butler T, 2021, 'Hepatitis C treatment strategies in prisons: A cost-effectiveness analysis', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0245896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245896

Chowdhury NZ; Albalawi O; Wand H; Allnutt S; Adily A; Kariminia A; Sara G; Schofield PW; O’Driscoll C; Greenberg DM; Butler T, 2021, 'Psychosis and Criminal Offending: A Population-Based Data-Linkage Study', Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48, pp. 157 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854820964834

Ginnivan NA; Chomik R; Hwang YI; Piggott J; Butler T; Withall A; Hwang J, 2021, 'The ageing prisoner population: demographic shifts in Australia and implications for the economic and social costs of health care', International Journal of Prisoner Health, 18, pp. 325 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-09-2020-0062

Karystianis G; Cabral RC; Han SC; Poon J; Butler T, 2021, 'Utilizing Text Mining, Data Linkage and Deep Learning in Police and Health Records to Predict Future Offenses in Family and Domestic Violence.', Front Digit Health, 3, pp. 602683, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2021.602683

Hwang YIJ; Albalawi O; Adily A; Hudson M; Wand H; Kariminia A; O’Driscoll C; Allnutt S; Grant L; Sara G; Ogloff J; Greenberg DM; Butler T; Hwang J, 2020, 'Disengagement from mental health treatment and re-offending in those with psychosis: a multi-state model of linked data', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55, pp. 1639 - 1648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01873-1

Karystianis G; Simpson A; Adily A; Schofield P; Greenberg D; Wand H; Nenadic G; Butler T, 2020, 'Prevalence of mental illnesses in domestic violence police records: Text mining study', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/23725

Yap L; Jones J; Donovan B; Nathan S; Sullivan E; Davison S; Heffernan E; Richards A; Meurk C; Steele M; Fisher C; Ton B; Butler T, 2020, 'The sexual behaviours of adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years involved with the juvenile justice system in Australia: A community-based survey', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0243633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243633

Adily A; Albalawi O; Kariminia A; Wand H; Chowdhury NZ; Allnutt S; Schofield P; Sara G; Ogloff JRP; O'Driscoll C; Greenberg DM; Grant L; Butler T, 2020, 'Association between Early Contact with Mental Health Services after an Offense and Reoffending in Individuals Diagnosed with Psychosis', JAMA Psychiatry, 77, pp. 1137 - 1146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1255

Yap L; Simpson P; Richters J; Donovan B; Grant L; Butler T, 2020, 'Disclosing sexuality: Gay and bisexual men’s experiences of coming out, forced out, going back in and staying out of the ‘closet’ in prison', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 22, pp. 1222 - 1234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1668963

Hwang YI; Zheng L; Karystianis G; Gibbs V; Sharp K; Butler T; Hwang J, 2020, 'Domestic violence events involving autism: a text mining study of police records in New South Wales, 2005-2016', Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 78, pp. 101634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101634

Doyle MF; Guthrie J; Butler T; Shakeshaft A; Conigrave K; Williams M, 2020, 'Onset and trajectory of alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal men entering a prison treatment program: A qualitative study', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 704 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13123

Kerslake M; Simpson M; Richmond R; Albany H; Butler T, 2020, 'Risky alcohol consumption prior to incarceration: A cross-sectional study of drinking patterns among Australian prison entrants', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 694 - 703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13127

Karystianis G; Simpson A; Adily A; Schofield P; Greenberg D; Wand H; Nenadic G; Butler T, 2020, 'Prevalence of Mental Illnesses in Domestic Violence Police Records: Text Mining Study (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.23725

Simpson PL; Williams M; Jones J; Butler T, 2020, 'Authors' response to “Australian first in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner health care in the Australian Capital Territory”', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44, pp. 325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13008

Dore G; Hajarizadeh B; Grebely J; Byrne M; Marks P; Amin J; Mcmanus H; Butler T; Vickerman P; Martin N; Mchutchison J; Brainard D; Treloar C; Lloyd A, 2020, 'Declining HCV incidence following rapid HCV treatment scale-up in a prison network in Australia: Evidence of treatment as prevention from the SToP-C study', JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, 73, pp. S127 - S127, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000786587000206&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Wand H; Richmond R; Adily A; Le A; Wilhelm K; Butler T, 2020, 'Identifying significant contributors for smoking cessation among male prisoners in Australia: results from a randomised clinical trial', BMJ open, 10, pp. e034046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034046

Gullotta M; Greenberg D; Adily A; Cale J; Butler TG, 2020, 'Implications of sex offender classification on reporting demographic characteristics, health, and criminal careers: Results from an Australian jurisdiction', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20, pp. 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-00960-w

Simpson PL; Butler TG, 2020, 'Covid-19, prison crowding, and release policies', The BMJ, 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1551

Li H; Cameron B; Douglas D; Stapleton S; Cheguelman G; Butler T; Luciani F; Lloyd AR, 2020, 'Incident hepatitis B virus infection and immunisation uptake in Australian prison inmates', Vaccine, 38, pp. 3255 - 3260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.076

Borschmann R; Tibble H; Spittal MJ; Preen D; Pirkis J; Larney S; Rosen DL; Young JT; Love AD; Altice FL; Binswanger IA; Bukten A; Butler T; Chang Z; Chen CY; Clausen T; Christensen PB; Culbert GJ; Degenhardt L; Dirkzwager AJE; Dolan K; Fazel S; Fischbacher C; Giles M; Graham L; Harding D; Huang YF; Huber F; Karaminia A; Keen C; Kouyoumdjian FG; Lim S; Møller L; Moniruzzaman A; Morenoff J; O'Moore E; Pizzicato LN; Pratt D; Proescholdbell SK; Ranapurwala SI; Shanahan ME; Shaw J; Slaunwhite A; Somers JM; Spaulding AC; Stern MF; Viner KM; Wang N; Willoughby M; Zhao B; Kinner SA, 2020, 'The Mortality after Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis.', International Journal of Population Data Science, 5, pp. 1145, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1145

Albany H; Butler T; Simpson M; Kariminia A; Hwang J; Richmond R, 2019, 'Smoking beyond prison bans: the impact of prison tobacco bans on smoking among prison entrants.', Journal of Correctional Healthcare, 27, pp. 280 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jchc.19.08.0066

Pettit S; Simpson P; Jones J; Williams M; Islam MM; Parkinson A; Calabria B; Butler T, 2019, 'Holistic primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners: exploring the role of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 538 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12941

Lafferty L; Rance J; Treloar C, 2019, '‘Fighting a losing battle’: prisoners’ perspectives of treatment as prevention for hepatitis C with inadequate primary prevention measures', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 26, pp. 502 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2018.1494135

Chowdhury NZ; Albalawi O; Wand H; Adily A; Kariminia A; Allnutt S; Sara G; Dean K; Lappin J; O'Driscoll C; Grant L; Schofield PW; Greenberg D; Butler T, 2019, 'First diagnosis of psychosis in the prison: Results from a data-linkage study', BJPsych Open, 5, pp. e89 - e89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.74

Davidson F; Heffernan E; Hamilton B; Greenberg D; Butler T; Burgess P, 2019, 'Benchmarking Australian mental health court liaison services–results from the first national study', Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 30, pp. 729 - 743, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2019.1646788

Karystianis G; Florez-Vargas O; Butler T; Nenadic G, 2019, 'A rule-based approach to identify patient eligibility criteria for clinical trials from narrative longitudinal records', JAMIA Open, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooz041

Du Toit SHJ; Withall A; O'Loughlin K; Ninaus N; Lovarini M; Snoyman P; Butler T; Forsyth K; Surr CA, 2019, 'Best care options for older prisoners with dementia: A scoping review', International Psychogeriatrics, 31, pp. 1081 - 1097, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610219000681

Simpson PL; Hardiman D; Butler T, 2019, 'Understanding the over-representation of lesbian or bisexual women in the Australian prisoner population', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31, pp. 365 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1668339

Schofield PW; Xu A; Simpson P; Greenberg D; Lee J; Knight L; Butler T, 2019, 'Pharmacotherapy to reduce violent offending? Offenders might be interested', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53, pp. 697 - 698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867419835937

Kirwan A; Curtis M; Dietze P; Aitken C; Woods E; Walker S; Kinner S; Ogloff J; Butler T; Stoové M, 2019, 'The Prison and Transition Health (PATH) Cohort Study: Study Protocol and Baseline Characteristics of a Cohort of Men with a History of Injecting Drug Use Leaving Prison in Australia', Journal of Urban Health, 96, pp. 400 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-019-00353-5

Settumba SN; Shanahan M; Butler T; Schofield P; Lafferty L; Simpson P; Chambers G, 2019, 'Developing Attributes and Attribute-Levels for a Discrete-Choice Experiment: An Example for Interventions of Impulsive Violent Offenders.', Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40258-019-00484-5

Sullivan EA; Kendall S; Chang S; Baldry E; Zeki R; Gilles M; Wilson M; Butler T; Levy M; Wayland S; Cullen P; Jones J; Sherwood J, 2019, 'Aboriginal mothers in prison in Australia: a study of social, emotional and physical wellbeing', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 241 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12892

Johnston I; Williams M; Butler T; Kinner SA, 2019, 'Justice targets in Closing the Gap: let's get them right', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 201 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12896

Coles T; Simpson P; Saulo D; Kaldor J; Richards A; Levy M; Wake C; Siddall DA; Harrod ME; Kariminia A; Butler T, 2019, 'Trends in hepatitis B prevalence and associated risk factors among Indigenous and non-Indigenous prison entrants in Australia, 2004 to 2013', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 236 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12870

Karystianis G; Adily A; Schofield P; Knight L; Galdon C; Greenberg D; Jorm L; Nenadic G; Butler T, 2019, 'Erratum: Correction: Automatic Extraction of Mental Health Disorders From Domestic Violence Police Narratives: Text Mining Study (Journal of medical Internet research (2018) 20 9 (e11548))', Journal of medical Internet research, 21, pp. e13007, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13007

Doyle MF; Shakeshaft A; Guthrie J; Snijder M; Butler T, 2019, 'A systematic review of evaluations of prison-based alcohol and other drug use behavioural treatment for men', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 120 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12884

Schofield PW; Mason R; Nelson PK; Kenny D; Butler T, 2019, 'Traumatic brain injury is highly associated with self-reported childhood trauma within a juvenile offender cohort', Brain Injury, 33, pp. 412 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1552020

Karystianis G; Adily A; Schofield PW; Greenberg D; Jorm L; Nenadic G; Butler T, 2019, 'Automated analysis of domestic violence police reports to explore abuse types and victim injuries: Text mining study', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13067

Settumba SN; Shanahan M; Chambers GM; Schofield P; Butler T; Stolk SS, 2019, 'Assessing societal and offender perspectives on the value of offender healthcare: A stated preference research protocol', BMJ Open, 9, pp. e024899, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024899

Albalawi O; Chowdhury NZ; Wand H; Allnutt S; Greenberg D; Adily A; Kariminia A; Schofield P; Sara G; Hanson S; O'Driscoll C; Butler T, 2019, 'Court diversion for those with psychosis and its impact on re-offending rates: Results from a longitudinal data-linkage study', BJPsych Open, 5, pp. e9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.71

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