Mr. Andrew Fowler
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Summary
I joined Sheffield Hallam University as a Lecturer in 2014, having previously worked as a Practice Tutor in the National Probation Service, following holding various positions in probation, prison, court and the community.
About
Prior to working in Probation I taught adults for an educational charity, when I completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education. In probation I started as an Employment, Training and Education advisor, moving into Group Programmes and then qualifying as a probation officer. This involved completing the Diploma in probation studies which included a Community Justice degree at Sheffield Hallam University. I qualified as a probation officer working in the Magistrates and Crown Court, community offices and prisons.
My specialist areas of interest are Emotional Labour, community sentences and teaching in higher education.
Teaching
Department Of Law and Criminology
Social Sciences and Arts
The projects I am currently involved in are emotional labour in probation; emotional labour in criminological research and pracademia in higher education.
I am a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Community Justice. I am module leader for Skills in Probation Practice on the probation qualification and Simulating Justice Practice in the final year of the undergraduate programme.
Criminology and Professional Qualification in Probation
Publications
Journal articles
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Ainslie, S., & Fowler, A. (2021). ‘I don't like this job in my front room’: Practising probation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Probation Journal, 68 (4), 426-443. http://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211050867
Phillips, J., Ainslie, S., Fowler, A., & Westaby, C. (2021). ‘What does professional curiosity mean to you?’: an exploration of professional curiosity in probation. The British Journal of Social Work. http://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab019
Albertson, K., Phillips, J., Fowler, A., & Collinson, B. (2020). Who owns desistance? A triad of agency enabling social structures in the desistance process. Theoretical Criminology: an international journal. http://doi.org/10.1177/1362480620968084
Phillips, J., Albertson, K., Collinson, B., & Fowler, A. (2020). Delivering desistance-focused probation in community hubs: five key ingredients. Probation Journal: the journal of community and criminal justice. http://doi.org/10.1177/0264550520939176
Waters, J., Phillips, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (2020). The emotions and emotional labour of criminological researchers. Methodological Innovations, 13 (2), 2059799120926059. http://doi.org/10.1177/2059799120926059
Westaby, C., Fowler, A., Phillips, J., & Waters, J. (2020). Conformity, conflict and negotiation in criminal justice work: Understanding practice through the lens of emotional labour. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 61, 100390. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2020.100390
Waters, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Phillips, J. (2020). The emotional labour of doctoral criminological researchers. Methodological Innovations, 13 (2). http://doi.org/10.1177/2059799120925671
Dickinson, J., Fowler, A., & Griffiths, T. (2020). Pracademics? Exploring transitions and professional identities in higher education. Studies in Higher Education. http://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1744123
Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Phillips, J. (2019). Managing emotion in probation practice: display rules, values and the performance of emotional labour by probation practitioners in their interactions with client. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2019.100362
Fowler, A. (2019). Transforming probation. Policy Press, 2016. Probation journal, 66 (1), 143-144. http://doi.org/10.1177/0264550518821028
Phillips, J., Fowler, A., & Westaby, C. (2018). Self-disclosure in criminal justice: what form does it take and what does it achieve? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62 (12), 3890-3909. http://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x17751528
Westaby, C., Phillips, J., & Fowler, A. (2016). Spillover and work-family conflict in probation practice: Managing the boundary between work and home life. European Journal of Probation, 8 (3), 113-127. http://doi.org/10.1177/2066220316680370
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (2016). “It’s relentless”: the impact of working primarily with high risk offenders. Probation Journal, 63 (2), 182-192. http://doi.org/10.1177/0264550516648399
Conference papers
Martin, L., & Fowler, A. (2018). A pedagogical response to the challenges of delivering collaborative probation education in online environments. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'18), 1073-1080. http://doi.org/10.4995/head18.2018.8147
Book chapters
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Waters, J. (2020). Introduction: why study emotional labour in criminal justice and criminology. In Phillips, J., Waters, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (Eds.) Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Emotional-Labour-in-Criminal-Justice-and-Criminology-1st-Edition/Phillips-Waters-Westaby-Fowler/p/book/9780367152017
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Waters, J. (2020). Introduction: why study emotional labour in criminal justice and criminology. In Phillips, J., Waters, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (Eds.) Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Emotional-Labour-in-Criminal-Justice-and-Criminology-1st-Edition/Phillips-Waters-Westaby-Fowler/p/book/9780367152017
Fowler, A., Phillips, J., & Westaby, C. (2020). Emotions in context: the marginalisation and persistence of emotional labour in probation. In Phillips, J., Waters, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (Eds.) Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Emotional-Labour-in-Criminal-Justice-and-Criminology-1st-Edition/Phillips-Waters-Westaby-Fowler/p/book/9780367152017
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Waters, J. (2020). Conclusion: What do we now know about emotional labour in criminal justice? Culture, context and conflict. In Phillips, J., Waters, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (Eds.) Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice. Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Emotional-Labour-in-Criminal-Justice-and-Criminology-1st-Edition/Phillips-Waters-Westaby-Fowler/p/book/9780367152017
Waters, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Phillips, J. (2020). Doing criminological research: an emotional labour perspective. In Phillips, J., Waters, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (Eds.) Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Emotional-Labour-in-Criminal-Justice-and-Criminology-1st-Edition/Phillips-Waters-Westaby-Fowler/p/book/9780367152017
Waters, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Phillips, J. (2020). Doing criminological research: an emotional labour perspective. In Phillips, J., Waters, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (Eds.) Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Emotional-Labour-in-Criminal-Justice-and-Criminology-1st-Edition/Phillips-Waters-Westaby-Fowler/p/book/9780367152017
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Waters, J. (2020). Conclusion: What do we now know about emotional labour in criminal justice? Culture, context and conflict. In Phillips, J., Waters, J., Westaby, C., & Fowler, A. (Eds.) Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice. Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Emotional-Labour-in-Criminal-Justice-and-Criminology-1st-Edition/Phillips-Waters-Westaby-Fowler/p/book/9780367152017
Fowler, A., Phillips, J., & Westaby, C. (2017). Understanding emotions as effective practice. The performance of emotional labour in building relationships. In Ugwudike, P., Raynor, P., & Annison, J. (Eds.) Evidence-based skills in community justice : international research on supporting rehabilitation and desistance. Bristol: Policy Press: http://policypress.co.uk/evidence-based-skills-in-criminal-justice#book-detail-tabs-stison-block-content-1-0-tab1
Books
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Waters, J. (Eds.). (2020). Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Emotional-Labour-in-Criminal-Justice-and-Criminology-1st-Edition/Phillips-Waters-Westaby-Fowler/p/book/9780367152017
Reports
Westaby, C., Phillips, J., Fowler, A., & Ainslie, S. (2021). An evaluation of the implementation of reflective practice supervision standards in the national probation service. Sheffield Hallam University. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu.HKCIJ.07.21
Phillips, J., Albertson, K., Fowler, A., & Collinson, B. (2020). The role of community hubs in helping to deliver probation services and support desistance. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation. https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/GS-Community-hubs-RAB-Mar-20-final.pdf