Andrew Fowler
Biographic Data
| ID | 201004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Fowler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Fowler |
| SIGNATURE | FOWLER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0164-9915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Dirty Work in Probation: The Breadth and Depth of Taint Amongst Specialist Roles
This article presents findings from a study exploring the implementation of the Reflective Practice Supervision Standards for the National Probation Service, in England and Wales. The paper considers the concept of dirty work in relation to specialist probation workers with roles in the Magistrates Courts, Prison, Approved Premises and Victim Liaison services. This analysis expands the application of the breadth and depth of stigma for occupation…
‘You’re trying to juggle everything’: Understanding the consequences of emotional labour for senior probation officers in England and Wales
Much academic research has explored what it means to be a practitioner in the criminal justice system and a small body of research explores the roles and experiences of leaders. However, very little research has sought to understand the critical role of line managers in supporting frontline practitioners and activating the policy goals of an organisation situated – as they are – in the middle of an institution's chain of command. Good line manage…
‘Once a finger is pointed at you, that part of you has gone’: The completion of Horizon programme in the community and carceral citizenship for men with sexual convictions
This study presents an analysis of the experiences of 15 men convicted of sexual offences, from England and Wales, who have completed the Horizon treatment programme in the community, facilitated by The Probation Service. We found that whilst men felt initially coerced into the programme, finishing the programme was experienced as a significant loss of support. Beyond the programme, the men described the constraints on their citizenship, difficul…
Lifting the lid on Pandora’s box: Putting professional curiosity into practice
Professional curiosity has recently become a ‘buzzword’ in the field of probation and social work. However, little research has sought to understand what professional curiosity means definitionally, conceptually or operationally. In this article, we analyse interview data from 49 probation practitioners in England and Wales to explore what professional curiosity means in the context of probation and what the main barriers are to enacting professi…
What does professional curiosity mean to you?’: An exploration of professional curiosity in probation
This article explores the concept of professional curiosity in relation to probation practice. We synthesise existing relevant literature to develop a theoretical framework of how professional curiosity is understood, arguing that professional curiosity can be used to manage risk, develop the therapeutic alliance, and facilitate knowledge building. We then present analysis of how the concept has been used in probation policy and analyse data gene…
Pracademics? Exploring transitions and professional identities in higher education
Within the context of a competitive UK Higher Education (HE) environment, this paper explores the transitions made by former or current practitioners who are now university academics, referred to in this study (and others) as ‘pracademics’. Drawing together the concepts of pracademia, academic selves and professional identity, this paper makes a tri-fold contribution. First, this case study examines pracademics’ perceptions from a post-1992, UK-b…
‘I don't like this job in my front room’: Practising probation in the Covid-19 pandemic
The Exceptional Delivery Model for probation practice in England and Wales meant that probation practitioners predominantly worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, engaging and supervising service-users remotely. This article explores the impact of the Exceptional Delivery Model on staff and their practice. We begin by considering how probation practice changed because of the implementation of the Exceptional Delivery Model and the impact …
Delivering desistance-focused probation in community hubs: Five key ingredients
This article argues that probation is well placed to facilitate desistance when delivered in community hubs – community-based offices where probation services are co-located with other community-based provision. However, we highlight that hubs need to include certain key factors to maximise the potential for desistance. Using data collected through a piece of empirical research in six community hubs in England and Wales, we identify what factors …
Conformity, conflict and negotiation in criminal justice work: Understanding practice through the lens of emotional labour
Who owns desistance? A triad of agency enabling social structures in the desistance process
Theories of desistance assert agency is a prerequisite to the process; agency which can be enabled or curtailed by social structures. We present data from six community hub sites that hosted probation services in the UK in 2019. While our analysis identifies agency enabling institutional and relational structures across the different hub governance sub-types in our sample, these were clearest in hubs run in the community by the community. This ar…
The emotions and emotional labour of criminological researchers
The emotional labour of doctoral criminological researchers
Embarking upon empirical qualitative research can be a daunting and emotional task, particularly for those who are new to research and for those who research vulnerable groups and emotive topics. Doctoral criminological researchers transect these realms, often making their research experiences acutely emotional and challenging. In addition, researchers must be able to perform emotional labour as an important part of their professional practice. B…
Managing emotion in probation practice: Display rules, values and the performance of emotional labour
New evidence for self‐medication in bonobos: Manniophyton fulvum leaf‐ and stemstrip‐swallowing from LuiKotale, Salonga National Park, DR Congo
The swallowing of entire leaves by apes across Africa without chewing has been observed for over 40 plant species. Here we add evidence for (a) a new site, LuiKotale where leaf-swallowing of Manniophyton fulvum (Euphorbiaceae) is observed in bonobos, (b) a so far unreported ingestion of unchewed stemstrips of M. fulvum, we name stemstrip-swallowing; and (c) a test of some of the requirements put forward by Huffman for the assessment of plants ing…
Cannibalism in wild bonobos ( Pan paniscus ) at Lui Kotale
We describe the cannibalization of an infant bonobo (circa 2.5 years old) at Lui Kotale, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The infant died of unknown causes and was consumed by several community members including its mother and an older sibling one day after death. Certain features concerning the pattern of consumption fit in with previously observed episodes of cannibalism in Pan , whereas others, such as the mother's participation in consumi…
Plant foods consumed by Pan: Exploring the variation of nutritional ecology across Africa
It has been shown that differences in resource density and nutrient supply affect variation in ranging patterns, habitat use, and sociality. Among nonhuman primates, chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) and bonobos ( P. paniscus ) have often been used as models for the link between social system and habitat ecology. Field reports suggest that resource density is higher in habitats occupied by bonobos (compared to chimpanzee habitats), and in the West …
Evidence for the consumption of arboreal, diurnal primates by bonobos ( Pan paniscus )
We present evidence for the consumption of a diurnal, arboreal, group living primate by bonobos. The digit of an immature black mangabey ( Lophocebus aterrimus ) was found in the fresh feces of a bonobo ( Pan paniscus ) at the Lui Kotale study site, Democratic Republic of Congo. In close proximity to the fecal sample containing the remains of the digit, we also found a large part of the pelt of a black mangabey. Evidence suggests that the Lui Kot…
Leaf-swallowing in Nigerian chimpanzees: Evidence for assumed self-medication
Subsistence Technology of Nigerian Chimpanzees
Brown Ware and Red Ware Pottery: An Anasazi Ceramic Tradition
One of the most widely held tenets in southwestern archaeology is the equation that brown ware equals Mogollon and gray ware and white ware equal Anasazi. Along the Puerco River in Arizona from around Navajo to the Petrified Forest, Anasazi sites dating from the Basketmaker III to the late Pueblo II period have ceramic assemblages of brown wares, red wares and white wares, in which the proportion of brown wares to white wares is remarkably high. …
Plant foods consumed by Pan: Exploring the variation of nutritional ecology across Africa
It has been shown that differences in resource density and nutrient supply affect variation in ranging patterns, habitat use, and sociality. Among nonhuman primates, chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) and bonobos ( P. paniscus ) have often been used as models for the link between social system and habitat ecology. Field reports suggest that resource density is higher in habitats occupied by bonobos (compared to chimpanzee habitats), and in the West …
Subsistence Technology of Nigerian Chimpanzees
Pracademics? Exploring transitions and professional identities in higher education
Within the context of a competitive UK Higher Education (HE) environment, this paper explores the transitions made by former or current practitioners who are now university academics, referred to in this study (and others) as ‘pracademics’. Drawing together the concepts of pracademia, academic selves and professional identity, this paper makes a tri-fold contribution. First, this case study examines pracademics’ perceptions from a post-1992, UK-b…
Who owns desistance? A triad of agency enabling social structures in the desistance process
Theories of desistance assert agency is a prerequisite to the process; agency which can be enabled or curtailed by social structures. We present data from six community hub sites that hosted probation services in the UK in 2019. While our analysis identifies agency enabling institutional and relational structures across the different hub governance sub-types in our sample, these were clearest in hubs run in the community by the community. This ar…
Brown Ware and Red Ware Pottery: An Anasazi Ceramic Tradition
One of the most widely held tenets in southwestern archaeology is the equation that brown ware equals Mogollon and gray ware and white ware equal Anasazi. Along the Puerco River in Arizona from around Navajo to the Petrified Forest, Anasazi sites dating from the Basketmaker III to the late Pueblo II period have ceramic assemblages of brown wares, red wares and white wares, in which the proportion of brown wares to white wares is remarkably high. …
Managing emotion in probation practice: Display rules, values and the performance of emotional labour
The emotions and emotional labour of criminological researchers
The emotional labour of doctoral criminological researchers
Embarking upon empirical qualitative research can be a daunting and emotional task, particularly for those who are new to research and for those who research vulnerable groups and emotive topics. Doctoral criminological researchers transect these realms, often making their research experiences acutely emotional and challenging. In addition, researchers must be able to perform emotional labour as an important part of their professional practice. B…
Lifting the lid on Pandora’s box: Putting professional curiosity into practice
Professional curiosity has recently become a ‘buzzword’ in the field of probation and social work. However, little research has sought to understand what professional curiosity means definitionally, conceptually or operationally. In this article, we analyse interview data from 49 probation practitioners in England and Wales to explore what professional curiosity means in the context of probation and what the main barriers are to enacting professi…
What does professional curiosity mean to you?’: An exploration of professional curiosity in probation
This article explores the concept of professional curiosity in relation to probation practice. We synthesise existing relevant literature to develop a theoretical framework of how professional curiosity is understood, arguing that professional curiosity can be used to manage risk, develop the therapeutic alliance, and facilitate knowledge building. We then present analysis of how the concept has been used in probation policy and analyse data gene…
Conformity, conflict and negotiation in criminal justice work: Understanding practice through the lens of emotional labour
Brown Ware and Red Ware Pottery: An Anasazi Ceramic Tradition
One of the most widely held tenets in southwestern archaeology is the equation that brown ware equals Mogollon and gray ware and white ware equal Anasazi. Along the Puerco River in Arizona from around Navajo to the Petrified Forest, Anasazi sites dating from the Basketmaker III to the late Pueblo II period have ceramic assemblages of brown wares, red wares and white wares, in which the proportion of brown wares to white wares is remarkably high. …
Leaf-swallowing in Nigerian chimpanzees: Evidence for assumed self-medication
Subsistence Technology of Nigerian Chimpanzees
Evidence for the consumption of arboreal, diurnal primates by bonobos ( Pan paniscus )
We present evidence for the consumption of a diurnal, arboreal, group living primate by bonobos. The digit of an immature black mangabey ( Lophocebus aterrimus ) was found in the fresh feces of a bonobo ( Pan paniscus ) at the Lui Kotale study site, Democratic Republic of Congo. In close proximity to the fecal sample containing the remains of the digit, we also found a large part of the pelt of a black mangabey. Evidence suggests that the Lui Kot…
Cannibalism in wild bonobos ( Pan paniscus ) at Lui Kotale
We describe the cannibalization of an infant bonobo (circa 2.5 years old) at Lui Kotale, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The infant died of unknown causes and was consumed by several community members including its mother and an older sibling one day after death. Certain features concerning the pattern of consumption fit in with previously observed episodes of cannibalism in Pan , whereas others, such as the mother's participation in consumi…
Plant foods consumed by Pan: Exploring the variation of nutritional ecology across Africa
It has been shown that differences in resource density and nutrient supply affect variation in ranging patterns, habitat use, and sociality. Among nonhuman primates, chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) and bonobos ( P. paniscus ) have often been used as models for the link between social system and habitat ecology. Field reports suggest that resource density is higher in habitats occupied by bonobos (compared to chimpanzee habitats), and in the West …
New evidence for self‐medication in bonobos: Manniophyton fulvum leaf‐ and stemstrip‐swallowing from LuiKotale, Salonga National Park, DR Congo
The swallowing of entire leaves by apes across Africa without chewing has been observed for over 40 plant species. Here we add evidence for (a) a new site, LuiKotale where leaf-swallowing of Manniophyton fulvum (Euphorbiaceae) is observed in bonobos, (b) a so far unreported ingestion of unchewed stemstrips of M. fulvum, we name stemstrip-swallowing; and (c) a test of some of the requirements put forward by Huffman for the assessment of plants ing…
Managing emotion in probation practice: Display rules, values and the performance of emotional labour
Delivering desistance-focused probation in community hubs: Five key ingredients
This article argues that probation is well placed to facilitate desistance when delivered in community hubs – community-based offices where probation services are co-located with other community-based provision. However, we highlight that hubs need to include certain key factors to maximise the potential for desistance. Using data collected through a piece of empirical research in six community hubs in England and Wales, we identify what factors …
Conformity, conflict and negotiation in criminal justice work: Understanding practice through the lens of emotional labour
Who owns desistance? A triad of agency enabling social structures in the desistance process
Theories of desistance assert agency is a prerequisite to the process; agency which can be enabled or curtailed by social structures. We present data from six community hub sites that hosted probation services in the UK in 2019. While our analysis identifies agency enabling institutional and relational structures across the different hub governance sub-types in our sample, these were clearest in hubs run in the community by the community. This ar…
The emotions and emotional labour of criminological researchers
The emotional labour of doctoral criminological researchers
Embarking upon empirical qualitative research can be a daunting and emotional task, particularly for those who are new to research and for those who research vulnerable groups and emotive topics. Doctoral criminological researchers transect these realms, often making their research experiences acutely emotional and challenging. In addition, researchers must be able to perform emotional labour as an important part of their professional practice. B…
‘I don't like this job in my front room’: Practising probation in the Covid-19 pandemic
The Exceptional Delivery Model for probation practice in England and Wales meant that probation practitioners predominantly worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, engaging and supervising service-users remotely. This article explores the impact of the Exceptional Delivery Model on staff and their practice. We begin by considering how probation practice changed because of the implementation of the Exceptional Delivery Model and the impact …
Lifting the lid on Pandora’s box: Putting professional curiosity into practice
Professional curiosity has recently become a ‘buzzword’ in the field of probation and social work. However, little research has sought to understand what professional curiosity means definitionally, conceptually or operationally. In this article, we analyse interview data from 49 probation practitioners in England and Wales to explore what professional curiosity means in the context of probation and what the main barriers are to enacting professi…
What does professional curiosity mean to you?’: An exploration of professional curiosity in probation
This article explores the concept of professional curiosity in relation to probation practice. We synthesise existing relevant literature to develop a theoretical framework of how professional curiosity is understood, arguing that professional curiosity can be used to manage risk, develop the therapeutic alliance, and facilitate knowledge building. We then present analysis of how the concept has been used in probation policy and analyse data gene…
Pracademics? Exploring transitions and professional identities in higher education
Within the context of a competitive UK Higher Education (HE) environment, this paper explores the transitions made by former or current practitioners who are now university academics, referred to in this study (and others) as ‘pracademics’. Drawing together the concepts of pracademia, academic selves and professional identity, this paper makes a tri-fold contribution. First, this case study examines pracademics’ perceptions from a post-1992, UK-b…
‘Once a finger is pointed at you, that part of you has gone’: The completion of Horizon programme in the community and carceral citizenship for men with sexual convictions
This study presents an analysis of the experiences of 15 men convicted of sexual offences, from England and Wales, who have completed the Horizon treatment programme in the community, facilitated by The Probation Service. We found that whilst men felt initially coerced into the programme, finishing the programme was experienced as a significant loss of support. Beyond the programme, the men described the constraints on their citizenship, difficul…
‘You’re trying to juggle everything’: Understanding the consequences of emotional labour for senior probation officers in England and Wales
Much academic research has explored what it means to be a practitioner in the criminal justice system and a small body of research explores the roles and experiences of leaders. However, very little research has sought to understand the critical role of line managers in supporting frontline practitioners and activating the policy goals of an organisation situated – as they are – in the middle of an institution's chain of command. Good line manage…
Dirty Work in Probation: The Breadth and Depth of Taint Amongst Specialist Roles
This article presents findings from a study exploring the implementation of the Reflective Practice Supervision Standards for the National Probation Service, in England and Wales. The paper considers the concept of dirty work in relation to specialist probation workers with roles in the Magistrates Courts, Prison, Approved Premises and Victim Liaison services. This analysis expands the application of the breadth and depth of stigma for occupation…
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (6 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Ecology (5 works)