People

Dr Stacy Tzoumakis

Lecturer in Criminology

BSc Université de Montréal (Criminology), MSc Université de Montréal (Criminology), PhD Simon Fraser University (Criminology)

School of Social Sciences

Contact

Email:

s.tzoumakis@unsw.edu.au

Phone:

+61 (2) 9385 8289

Location:

G21 Morven Brown

Campus:

Kensington Campus

Fields: Developmental Psychology and Ageing, Epidemiology, Community Child Health, Criminology, Causes and Prevention of Crime

Tags: Mental Health, Behaviour and Health, Youth/child development and welfare, Child Health

Stacy Tzoumakis is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences. She takes a developmental life-course perspective to understanding antisocial behaviour and offending. She has extensive research and project management experience in Canada and Australia, particularly in the implementation and analysis of longitudinal studies. Stacy completed an Infant Psychiatry Research Fellowship at British Columbia Children’s Hospital, where she conducted a randomized control home visitation study for children with behavioural problems. She is also involved in Vancouver Longitudinal Study on the Psychosocial Development of Children, an on-going longitudinal project, which aims to provide empirical evidence for policymakers about key early risk and protective factors of aggression and violence in at-risk children from the earliest developmental periods. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Psychiatry at UNSW Australia working on the New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS), a large population-based multi-agency, intergenerational data linkage study of 87,000 children and their parents. Stacy continues to be involved in the NSW-CDS, which utilises administrative record linkage from a variety of sources (i.e., criminal justice, health, welfare, and education) to identify vulnerability and protective factors for a wide range of health, educational, social, and wellbeing outcomes.

Publications

Book Chapters

Tzoumakis S;Green M;Laurens K;Dean K;Carr V, 2018, 'Intergenerational transmission of antisocial behaviour in childhood: Findings from the NSW Child Development Study', in Eichelsheim VI; van de Weijer SGA (ed.), Intergenerational continuity of criminal and antisocial behaviour, edn. Routledge Studies in Criminal Behaviour, Routledge
Deslauriers-Varin N;Lussier P;Tzoumakis S, 2016, 'Crime Specialization', in Oxford Handbooks Online: Criminology and Criminal Justice, Oxford University Press, Oxford, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.013.27

Journal articles

Green MJ;Tzoumakis S;Laurens KR;Dean K;Kariuki M;Harris F;Brinkman SA;Carr VJ, 2018, 'Early developmental risk for subsequent childhood mental disorders in an Australian population cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867418814943
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, vol. 10, pp. 270 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/eco.2018.0010
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, vol. 47, pp. 1396 - 1397K, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy115
Bore M;Laurens KR;Hobbs MJ;Green MJ;Tzoumakis S;Harris F;Carr VJ, 2018, 'Item Response Theory Analysis of the Big Five Questionnaire for Children-Short Form (BFC-SF): A Self-Report Measure of Personality in Children Aged 11-12 Years.', J Pers Disord, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2018_32_380
Tzoumakis S;Carr VJ;Dean K;Laurens KR;Kariuki M;Harris F;Green MJ, 2018, 'Prenatal maternal smoking, maternal offending, and offspring behavioural and cognitive outcomes in early childhood', Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, vol. 28, pp. 397 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2089
Green MJ;Tzoumakis S;McIntyre B;Kariuki M;Laurens KR;Dean K;Chilvers M;Harris F;Butler M;Brinkman SA;Carr VJ, 2018, 'Childhood Maltreatment and Early Developmental Vulnerabilities at Age 5 Years', Child Development, vol. 89, pp. 1599 - 1612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12928
Dix KL;Green MJ;Tzoumakis S;Dean K;Harris F;Carr VJ;Laurens KR, 2018, 'The Survey of School Promotion of Emotional and Social Health (SSPESH): A Brief Measure of the Implementation of Whole-School Mental Health Promotion', School Mental Health, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12310-018-9280-5
Dean K;Green MJ;Laurens KR;Kariuki M;Tzoumakis S;Sprague T;Lenroot R;Carr VJ, 2018, 'The impact of parental mental illness across the full diagnostic spectrum on externalising and internalising vulnerabilities in young offspring', Psychological Medicine, vol. 48, pp. 2257 - 2263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717003786
Harris F;Smith M;Laurens KR;Green MJ;Tzoumakis S;Kariuki M;Carr VJ, 2018, 'Validation of a two-factor model of the Best Start Kindergarten Assessment of literacy and numeracy', Australian Journal of Education, vol. 62, pp. 36 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004944118761381
Green MJ;Tzoumakis S;Laurens KR;Dean K;Kariuki M;Harris F;O Reilly N;Chilvers M;Brinkman SA;Carr VJ, 2018, 'Latent profiles of early developmental vulnerabilities in a New South Wales child population at age 5 years', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 52, pp. 530 - 541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867417740208
Green MJ;Kariuki M;Dean K;Laurens KR;Tzoumakis S;Harris F;Carr VJ, 2018, 'Childhood developmental vulnerabilities associated with early life exposure to infectious and noninfectious diseases and maternal mental illness', Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, vol. 59, pp. 801 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12856
Cale J;Tzoumakis S;Leclerc B;Breckenridge J, 2017, 'Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence victimization among Australia and New Zealand female university students: An initial examination of child maltreatment and self-reported depressive symptoms acros', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 50, pp. 582 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865816666615
Laurens KR;Tzoumakis S;Dean K;Brinkman SA;Bore M;Lenroot RK;Smith M;Holbrook A;Robinson KM;Stevens R;Harris F;Carr VJ;Green MJ, 2017, 'The 2015 Middle Childhood Survey (MCS) of mental health and well-being at age 11 years in an Australian population cohort', BMJ Open, vol. 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016244
Tzoumakis S;Dean K;Green MJ;Zheng C;Kariuki M;Harris F;Carr VJ;Laurens KR, 2017, 'The impact of parental offending on offspring aggression in early childhood: a population-based record linkage study', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 52, pp. 445 - 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1347-3
Laurens KR;Tzoumakis S;Kariuki M;Green MJ;Hamde M;Harris F;Carr VJ;Dean K, 2017, 'Pervasive influence of maternal and paternal criminal offending on early childhood development: A population data linkage study', Psychological Medicine, vol. 47, pp. 889 - 901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716003007
Matheson SL;Kariuki M;Green MJ;Dean K;Harris F;Tzoumakis S;Tarren-Sweeney M;Brinkman S;Chilvers M;Sprague T;Carr VJ;Laurens KR, 2017, 'Effects of maltreatment and parental schizophrenia spectrum disorders on early childhood social-emotional functioning: A population record linkage study', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol. 26, pp. 612 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S204579601600055X
Carr VJ;Harris F;Raudino A;Luo L;Kariuki M;Liu E;Tzoumakis S;Smith M;Holbrook A;Bore M;Brinkman S;Lenroot R;Dix K;Dean K;Laurens KR;Green MJ, 2016, 'New South Wales child development study (NSW-CDS): An Australian multiagency, multigenerational, longitudinal record linkage study', BMJ Open, vol. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009023
Tzoumakis S;Lussier P;Corrado RR, 2014, 'Profiles of Maternal Parenting Practices: Exploring the Link With Maternal Delinquency, Offending, Mental Health, and Children's Physical Aggression', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, vol. 2014, pp. 1 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X14531386
Tzoumakis S;Lussier P;Corrado RR, 2014, 'The persistence of early childhood physical aggression: Examining maternal delinquency and offending, mental health, and cultural differences', Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 42, pp. 408 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2014.06.001
Tzoumakis S;Lussier P;Le Blanc M;Davies G, 2013, 'Onset, Offending Trajectories, and Crime Specialization in Violence', Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, vol. 11, pp. 143 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204012458440
Tzoumakis S;Lussier P;Corrado R, 2012, 'Female Juvenile Delinquency, Motherhood, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Aggression and Antisocial Behavior', Behavioral Sciences and the Law, vol. 30, pp. 211 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2010
Reebye PN;Tzoumakis S, 2012, 'Clinical Home Visitation for Children With Externalizing Disorders: A Randomized Study', Journal of Social Service Research, vol. 38, pp. 549 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2012.701159
Lussier P;Corrado R;Tzoumakis S, 2012, 'Gender Differences in Physical Aggression and Associated Developmental Correlates in a Sample of Canadian Preschoolers', Behavioral Sciences and the Law, vol. 30, pp. 643 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2035
Lussier P;Corrado R;Healey J;Tzoumakis S;Deslauriers-Varin N, 2011, 'The CRACOW instrument for multi-problem violent youth: Examining the postdictive validity with a sample of preschoolers', International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, vol. 2, pp. 294 - 329
Lussier P;Tzoumakis S;Healey J;Corrado R;Reebye PN, 2011, 'Pre/perinatal adversities and behavioral outcomes in early childhood: Preliminary findings from the Vancouver Longitudinal Study', International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, vol. 2, pp. 36 - 64
Lussier P;Tzoumakis S;Cale J;Amirault J, 2010, 'Criminal trajectories of adult sex offenders and the age effect: Examining the dynamic aspect of offending in adulthood', International Criminal Justice Review, vol. 20, pp. 147 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1057567710368360
Tzoumakis S;Dubé M;Marleau JD;Léveillée S, 2005, 'Sex of the offender, sex of the victim, and motivation in filicidal situations in Quebec [3]', Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 50, pp. 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674370505000213
Laporte L;Tzoumakis S;Marleau JD;Allaire JF, 2005, 'Sex of victims in maternal filicide', Psychological Reports, vol. 96, pp. 637 - 643, http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/PR0.96.3.637-643

Reports

Breckenridge J;Cale JL;Hameed S;McCaskie L;Tzoumakis S, 2015, Implementation of domestic violence clauses: An employer's perspective, Gendered Violence Research Network
Lussier P;Corrado R;Tzoumakis S;Deslauriers-Varin N, 2011, The CRACOW instrument: A new framework for the assessment of multi-problem violent youth, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ISSN: 978-1-100-17841-7, http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/crcw-nstrmnt/index-eng.aspx

Conference Abstracts

Green M;Linscott RJ;Laurens KR;Tzoumakis S;Dean K;Badcock JC;Carr VJ, 2018, 'LATENT PROFILES OF DEVELOPMENTAL SCHIZOTYPY IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: ASSOCIATIONS WITH CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND FAMILIAL MENTAL ILLNESS', in SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, Florence, ITALY, Vol. 44, pp. S229 - S229, presented at 6th Biennial Conference of the Schizophrenia-International-Research-Society (SIRS), Florence, ITALY, 04 - 08 April 2018, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000429541800553&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
Green M;Laurens K;Kariuki M;Dean K;Tzoumakis S;Harris F;Carr V, 2016, 'Developmental risk profiles for psychotic and affective disorders in offspring at age 5 years', in BIPOLAR DISORDERS, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, Vol. 18, pp. 103 - 104, presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International-Society-for-Bipolar-Disorders / 8th Biennial Conference of the International-Society-for-Affective-Disorders, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, 13 - 16 July 2016, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000379941500275&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Teaching and Supervision

CRIM2038 - Young People, Risk and Harm

SRAP3001 - Quantitative Social Research

SRAP3002 - Social Reseach and Policy Project

Grants

Current Research Grants

2017-2019. Australian Research Council Discovery Project 2017. Targeting early contact with the criminal justice system in young people. CIs: A/Prof Kimberlie Dean, Dr Stacy Tzoumakis, A/Prof Melissa Green, Prof Vaughan Carr (AUD$372,500)

2017-2018 Lowitja Institute Research Grant. Ngadhuri-nya (To care for): Intergenerational and educational influences on social, mental and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. CIs: Dr Stacy Tzoumakis, Dr Megan Williams, A/Prof Melissa Green, Prof Vaughan Carr (AUD$65,682)

2017-2018. Australian Rotary Health Research Project Grant. Determinants of risk and resilience in maltreated children using multi-agency administrative records: A population record-linkage study. CIs: A/Prof Melissa Green, Prof Vaughan Carr, Prof Ilan Katz, Dr Kristin Laurens, A/Prof Kimberlie Dean, Dr Stacy Tzoumakis (AUD$149,500)

2017-2018. NARSAD Brain & Behavioral Research Young Investigator Grant. Latent profiles of child psychopathology and mental health disorder in adolescence: A prospective population-based record linkage study. CI: Dr Stacy Tzoumakis (USD$70,000)

Past Research Grants

2015-2017. Criminology Research Grant - Australian Institute of Criminology. The intergenerational transmission of criminal offending behaviours. CIs: Dr Stacy Tzoumakis, Prof Vaughan Carr, A/Prof Kimberlie Dean, Dr Kristin Laurens, A/Prof Melissa Green (AUD$65,534.70)

Engagement and Professional contributions

Research Affiliate - Gendered Volence Research Network

Member of:

American Society of Criminology
American Society of Criminology Division of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
International Society for Research on Aggression