By Professor Tony Gerard Butler

Books

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

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 The Impact of Psychosis on Mental Health [Working Title], 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

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

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

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, 8, pp. e65252, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/65252

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.', Psychiatr Serv, pp. appips20240533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240533

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562251313697

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2997965X.2025.2507575

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076241309653

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

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, pp. 100581 - 100581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100581

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

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

Borschmann R; Keen C; Spittal MJ; Preen D; Pirkis J; Larney S; Rosen DL; Møller L; O'Moore E; Young JT; Altice FL; Andrews JR; Binswanger IA; Bukten A; Butler T; Chang Z; Chen CY; Clausen T; Christensen PB; Culbert GJ; Cunningham R; Degenhardt L; Dolan K; Fazel S; Fischbacher C; Giles M; Graham L; Huang YF; Huber F; Karaminia A; King P; Kouyoumdjian FG; Lim S; Liu YE; Lopez D; Moniruzzaman A; Morenoff J; Pizzicato LN; Proescholdbell SK; Ranapurwala SI; Shaw J; Slaunwhite A; Somers JM; Spaulding AC; Stavseth MR; Stern MF; Telfer K; Viner K; Wang N; Zhao B; Zhu N; Kinner SA, 2024, 'Rates and causes of death after release from incarceration among 1 471 526 people in eight high-income and middle-income countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis', Lancet, 403, pp. 1779 - 1788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00344-1

Akpanekpo EI; Kariminia A; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Kasinathan J; Greenberg D; Schofield PW; Kenny DT; Gaskin C; Simpson M; Jones J; Ekanem AM; Butler T, 2024, 'Criminal justice transitions among adolescents in Australia: A multi-state model', Journal of Criminal Justice, 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102189

Hwang YI; Hagos A; Withall A; Hampton S; Snoyman P; Butler T; Hwang J, 2024, 'Population ageing, incarceration and the growing digital divide: Understanding the effects of digital literacy inequity experienced by older people leaving prison', Plos One, 19, pp. e0297482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297482

Bah R; Sheehan Y; Li X; Price N; Butler T; Dore GJ; Grebely J; Lloyd AR; Hajarizadeh B, 2024, 'Challenges and facilitators in repeated bio-behavioural surveys for blood-borne virus infections in Australian prisons', International Journal of Drug Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104401

Reutens S; Karystianis G; Withall A; Butler T, 2024, 'Characteristics of domestic violence perpetrators with dementia from police records using text mining', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1331915

Fischer L; Wilson M; Schofield PW; Jones J; Kariminia A; Barrett E; Dean K; Sullivan E; Covington S; Butler T, 2024, 'Exposure to Childhood Adversity and Intimate Partner Violence in a Sample of Incarcerated Women in Australia', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X241270577

D’Souza B; Butler T; Shakeshaft A; Calder I; Conigrave K; Doyle M, 2024, 'Learnings from a prison-based drug treatment program on planning for release: A qualitative study', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 245 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13730

Lukmanjaya W; Butler T; Taflan P; Simpson P; Ginnivan N; Buchan I; Nenadic G; Karystianis G, 2024, 'Population Characteristics in Justice Health Research Based on PubMed Abstracts From 1963 to 2023: Text Mining Study', Jmir Formative Research, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/60878

Akpanekpo EI; Kariminia A; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Greenberg D; Kasinathan J; Schofield PW; Kenny DT; Simpson M; Gaskin C; Chowdhury NZ; Jones J; Ekanem AM; Butler T, 2024, 'Psychiatric admissions in young people after expiration of criminal justice supervision in Australia: a retrospective data linkage study', BMJ Mental Health, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300958

Macdonald C; Weatherburn D; Butler T; Albalawi O; Greenberg D; Farrell M, 2024, 'Who gets diverted into treatment? a study of defendants with psychosis', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 31, pp. 132 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2175070

Simpson PL; Gardoll B; White L; Butler T, 2023, 'HIV policies in Australian prisons: a structured review assessing compliance with international guidelines', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100813

Curtis M; Wilkinson AL; Dietze P; Stewart AC; Kinner SA; Winter RJ; Aitken C; Walker SJ; Cossar RD; Butler T; Stoové M, 2023, 'Is use of opioid agonist treatment associated with broader primary healthcare use among men with recent injecting drug use histories following release from prison? A prospective cohort study', Harm Reduction Journal, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00773-2

Doring N; Hwang YI; Akpanekpo E; Gullotta M; Ton B; Knight L; Knight C; Schofield P; Butler TG, 2023, 'Predicting attrition of men with a history of violence from randomised clinical trials', Trials, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07774-3

Gullotta M; Greenberg D; Adily A; Albalawi O; Karminia A; Knight L; Butler TG, 2023, 'Physical health status of individuals convicted of sexual offences: Results from an Australian prisoner cohort', Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102610

Hwang YI; Simpson PL; Butler TG; Hwang J, 2023, 'Victim and Victim Support Staff Experiences of a Domestic Violence Electronic Monitoring Program in Australia', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 67, pp. 976 - 995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X211058950

Taflan P; Simpson PL; Wilson M; Jones J; Donovan B; Amin J; Nathan S; Butler T, 2023, 'Sexually transmissible infections (STI) and HIV testing and diagnosis among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescents in contact with the Australian justice system: a cross-sectional study', Sexual Health, 20, pp. 303 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh23028

Curtis M; Wilkinson AL; Dietze P; Stewart AC; Kinner SA; Cossar RD; Nehme E; Aitken C; Walker S; Butler T; Winter RJ; Smith K; Stoove M, 2023, 'Prospective study of retention in opioid agonist treatment and contact with emergency healthcare following release from prisons in Victoria, Australia', Emergency Medicine Journal, 40, pp. 347 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2022-212755

Dahiya S; Simpson PL; Butler T, 2023, 'Rethinking standards on prison cell size in a (post)pandemic world: a scoping review', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069952

Doyle MF; Guthrie J; Butler T; Shakeshaft A; Conigrave K; Williams M, 2023, 'Opportunities for intervention for alcohol and other drug use problems for men before prison: A qualitative study', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 34, pp. 570 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.617

Browne CC; Korobanova D; Yee N; Spencer SJ; Ma T; Butler T; Dean K, 2023, 'The prevalence of self-reported mental illness among those imprisoned in New South Wales across three health surveys, from 2001 to 2015', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 550 - 561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221104411

Adily A; Albalawi O; Sara G; Kariminia A; Wand H; Allnutt S; Schofield P; Greenberg D; Grant L; Butler T, 2023, 'Mental health service utilisation and reoffending in offenders with a diagnosis of psychosis receiving non-custodial sentences: A 14-year follow-up study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 411 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221098942

Reutens S; Butler T; Hwang YIJ; Withall A; Hwang J, 2023, 'A comparison of older and younger offenders with delusional jealousy', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 30, pp. 618 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2022.2073285

Karystianis G; Simpson P; Lukmanjaya W; Ginnivan N; Nenadic G; Buchan I; Butler T, 2023, 'Automatic Extraction of Research Themes in Epidemiological Criminology From PubMed Abstracts From 1946 to 2020: Text Mining Study', Jmir Formative Research, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/49721

Curtis M; Dietze P; Wilkinson AL; Agius PA; Stewart AC; Cossar RD; Butler T; Walker S; Kirwan A; Winter RJ; Stoové M, 2023, 'Discontinuation of opioid agonist treatment following release from prison in a cohort of men who injected drugs prior to imprisonment in Victoria, Australia: A discrete-time survival analysis', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109730

Challakere Ramaswamy VM; Butler T; Ton B; Wilhelm K; Mitchell PB; Knight L; Greenberg D; Ellis A; Gebski V; Schofield PW, 2023, 'Neuropsychiatric correlates of olfactory identification and traumatic brain injury in a sample of impulsive violent offenders', Frontiers in Psychology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1254574

Simpson PL; Butler T, 2023, 'Prisons and pandemic preparedness', BMJ, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p860

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