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Associate Professor Jocelyn Jones

Vice-Chancellor Professoriate Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2587
Mobile: 0437 887 930
Email: jocelyn.jones@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  

Joeclyn is a Vice-Chancellor Professoriate Research Fellow within Kurongkurl Katitjin.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Simpson, P., 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(February 2025), Article number 117751. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117751.
  • Brown, A., Vieira, E., Oakley, J., Bagshaw, D., Egan, P., Southalan, L., Andrews, L., Jones, J., Morrison, D., Wilson, M. (2025). Reflecting on micro-ethics to center the voices of Aboriginal peoples experiencing homelessness. Gender, Work and Organization, 32(3), 1122-1143. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13197.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Bourke, J., Sanders, R., Jones, J., Ranjan, M., Wong, K., Leonard, H. (2024). Intellectual disability and autism prevalence in Western Australia: impact of the NDIS. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15(2024), article number 1359505. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1359505.
  • Moodie, S., Jones, J., Chenhall, R., Williams, R., Garlett, C., Gibberd, A., O'Donnell, M., McAullay, D., McNamara, B., Eades, S. (2024). Intersectoral collaboration for supporting the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal families and children in out-of-home care: perspectives from Western Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations. Frontiers in Public Health, 12(2024), article number 1392208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1392208.
  • Fischer, L., Wilson, M., Schofield, P., 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, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X241270577.
  • 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(45814), article number e0304825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304825.
  • Spike, E., Srasuebkul, P., Butler, T., Trollor, J., Jones, J., Cripps, K., Sara, G., Grant, L., Allnutt, S., Greenberg, D., Schofield, P., Adily, A., Chowdhury, N., Kariminia, A. (2024). Mortality, Criminal Sanctions, and Court Diversion in People With Psychosis. JAMA Network Open, 7(10), article number e2442146. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.42146.
  • Harrap, B., Gibberd, A., O'Donnell, M., Jones, J., Chenhall, R., McNamara, B., Simons, K., Eades, S. (2024). Mental and neurodevelopmental health needs of Aboriginal children with experience of out-of-home care: a Western Australian data-linkage study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(5), article number 100181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100181.
  • Thal, S., Graham, C., Ntoumanis, N., Myers, B., Bright, S., Jones, J., Quested, E. (2024). Fostering physical activity motivation at substance use disorder treatment facilities: A qualitative study grounded in self-determination theory. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 27(2024), article number 100650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100650.
  • Lima, F., O’donnell, M., Gibberd, A., Falster, K., Banks, E., Jones, J., Williams, R., Eades, F., Harrap, B., Chenhall, R., Octoman, O., Eades, S. (2024). Aboriginal Children Placed in Out-of-Home Care: Pathways Through the Child Protection System. Australian Social Work, 77(4), 471-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2024.2326505.
  • Akpanekpo, E., Kariminia, A., Srasuebkul, P., Trollor, J., Kasinathan, J., Greenberg, D., Schofield, P., Kenny, D., Gaskin, C., Simpson, M., Jones, J., Ekanem, A., Butler, T. (2024). Criminal justice transitions among adolescents in Australia: A multi-state model. Journal of Criminal Justice, 92(2024), article number 102189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102189.
  • Akpanekpo, E., Kariminia, A., Srasuebkul, P., Trollor, J., Greenberg, D., Kasinathan, J., Schofield, P., Kenny, D., Simpson, M., Gaskin, C., Chowdhury, N., Jones, J., Ekanem, A., 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(1), pp. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300958.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Taflan, P., Simpson, P., 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(4), 303-314. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH23028.
  • Jones, J., Durey, A., Strobel, N., McAuley, K., Edmond, K., Coffin, J., McAullay, D. (2023). Perspectives Of Health Service Providers In Delivering Best-Practice Care For Aboriginal Mothers And Their Babies During The Postnatal Period. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), article number 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05136-6.
  • Harrap, B., Gibberd, A., O'Donnell, M., Simons, K., Jones, J., Lima, F., McAullay, D., Falster, K., Banks, E., Eades, S. (2023). Cumulative incidence of child protection system contacts among a cohort of Western Australian Aboriginal children born 2000 to 2013. Child Abuse and Neglect, 143(2023), article number 106297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106297.
  • Challakere Ramaswamy, V., Butler, T., Ton, B., Wilhelm, K., Mitchell, P., Knight, L., Greenberg, D., Ellis, A., Allnutt, S., Jones, J., Gebski, V., Carr, V., Scott, R., Schofield, P. (2023). Self-reported traumatic brain injury in a sample of impulsive violent offenders: neuropsychiatric correlates and possible “dose effects”. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(2023), article number 1243655. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1243655.

2022

Book Chapters

  • Jones, J., McGlade, H., Davison, S. (2022). Traditional Aboriginal Healing in Mental Health Care, Western Australia. Indigenous Knowledge and Mental Health: A Global Perspective (241-253). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71346-1_14.

Journal Articles

  • Butt, J., Wilson, M., Jones, J., Lenton, S. (2022). Review of cannabis use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthinfoNet, 3(3), Article number 1. https://doi.org/10.14221/aihjournal.v3n3.1.
  • Azimi, S., Wong, K., Lai, Y., Bourke, J., Junaid, M., Jones, J., Pritchard, D., Calache, H., Winters, J., Slack-Smith, L., Leonard, H. (2022). Dental procedures in children with or without intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in a hospital setting. Australian Dental Journal, 67(4), 328-339. https://doi.org/10.1111/adj.12927.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Butler, T., Schofield, P., Knight, L., Ton, B., Greenberg, D., Scott, R., Grant, L., Keech, A., Gebski, V., Jones, J., Ellis, A., Weatherburn, D., Wilhelm, K., Jones, A., Churchill, A., Allnutt, S., Mitchell, P., 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(9), article number e044656. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044656.
  • Simpson, P., Guthrie, J., Jones, J., Butler, T. (2021). Identifying research priorities to improve the health of incarcerated populations: results of citizens' juries in Australian prisons. The Lancet Public Health, 6(10), e771-e779. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00050-5.
  • Steele, M., 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(4), 617-626. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13238.

2020

Journal Articles

  • McNamara, B., Jones, J., Shepherd, C., Gubhaju, L., Joshy, G., McAullay, D., Preen, D., Jorm, L., Eades, S. (2020). Identifying young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in linked administrative data: A comparison of methods. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(1), article number 11. https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1100.
  • Gubhaju, L., Williams, R., Jones, J., Hamer, D., Shepherd, C., McAullay, D., Eades, S., McNamara, B. (2020). “Cultural Security Is an On-Going Journey … ” Exploring Views from Staff Members on the Quality and Cultural Security of Services for Aboriginal Families in Western Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), Article number 8480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228480.
  • 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(46003), article number e0243633. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243633.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Gibberd, A., Simpson, J., Jones, J., Williams, R., Stanley, F., Eades, S. (2019). A large proportion of poor birth outcomes among Aboriginal Western Australians are attributable to smoking, alcohol and substance misuse, and assault. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19(1), article number 110. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2252-4.
  • Pettit, S., Simpson, P., Jones, J., Williams, M., Islam, M., 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(6), 538-543. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12941.
  • Sullivan, E., 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(3), 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12892.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Jones, J., Wilson, M., Sullivan, E., Atkinson, L., Gilles, M., Simpson, P., Baldry, E., Butler, T. (2018). Australian Aboriginal women prisoners’ experiences of being a mother: a review. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 14(4), 221-231. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-12-2017-0059.
  • McNamara, B., Gubhaju, L., Jorm, L., Preen, D., Jones, J., Joshy, G., Shepherd, C., McAullay, D., Eades, S. (2018). Exploring factors impacting early childhood health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities: protocol for a population-based cohort study using data linkage (the 'Defying the Odds' study). BMJ Open, 8(3), Article number e021236. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021236.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Wilson, M., Jones, J., Butler, T., Simpson, P., Gilles, M., Baldry, E., Levy, M., Sullivan, E. (2017). Violence in the lives of incarcerated aboriginal mothers in Western Australia. Sage Open, 7(1), pp. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016686814.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Wilson, M., Jones, J., Gilles, M. (2014). The Aboriginal Mothers in Prison project: An example of how consultation can inform research practice. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2014(2), 28-39.
  • Yap, L., Carruthers, S., Thompson, S., Cheng, W., Jones, J., Simpson, P., Richards, A., Thein, H., Haber, P., Lloyd, A., Butler, T. (2014). A descriptive model of patient readiness, motivators, and hepatitis C treatment uptake among Australian prisoners. PLoS One, 9(2), article number e87564. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087564.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Kariminia, A., Butler, T., Jones, J., Law, M. (2012). Increased mortality among Indigenous persons during and after release from prison in New South Wales. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36(3), 274-280. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00844.x.

Research Projects

  • Attract and recruit Aboriginal people in the disability workforce, Australian Research Council, Discovery Indigenous 2025 Round 1, 2025 ‑ 2030, $180,134.
  • A ‘whole-of-setting’ model of care for trans and gender diverse people in prison , National Health and Medical Research Council, MRFF - 2023 Models of Care for Sexuality & Gender Diverse People & People with Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics, 2024 ‑ 2028.
  • Violence Perpetration: Profiling, Prediction and Prevention, National Health and Medical Research Council, Centres of Research Excellence, 2022 ‑ 2027, $202,500.
  • Influence of social media on body image and perception of disordered eating among Aboriginal youth: an exploratory study, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Health Promotion Research - Exploratory Research Grants, 2025 ‑ 2027, $99,997.
  • Reducing alcohol and other drug harms in Aboriginal primary care, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Health Promotion Research - Intervention Research Grants, 2022 ‑ 2026, $203,090.
  • Improving HPV vaccination rates for Aboriginal young people through social media , National Health and Medical Research Council, Ideas Grants (2022), 2023 ‑ 2026, $974,709.
  • Justice involved Aboriginal young men’s experiences and views on the prevention of family, domestic and sexual violence, Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $360,811.
  • Treating co-occurring substance use disorder and mental illness among Indigenous people released from prison will increase life expectancy, reduce incarceration, and contribute to Closing the Gap , Australian Institute of Criminology, Indigenous Justice Research Program, 2025, $76,318.
  • Post-conviction reviews and remedies in Australia and Western Australia, with a focus on Indigenous vulnerabilities, Department of Justice WA, WACSAR Criminal Justice Research Grant Fund, 2025, $45,000.
  • Preferences of Women in Reporting Family Violence, Centre for Women's Safety and Wellbeing Incorporated, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $112,500.
  • Understanding mortality among adults and young people in contact with the criminal justice system in New South Wales, Australia: a twenty-year linkage update, National Health and Medical Research Council, Clinical trials and cohort studies, 2024.
  • Predicting & preventing child removals & optimising the child protection system for Aboriginal children in partnership with Aboriginal communities & health services, National Health and Medical Research Council, Project Grants, 2024, $28,000.

Research Student Supervision

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