Mr Vaughan Bowie
ADJUNCT FELLOW,
Dean's Unit School of Social Sciences & Psychology
Personal
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit School of Social Sciences & Psychology
Professional Memberships
- Senior Instructor in Psychiatry University of Rochester Medical School USA (2010-03-01)
Contact
| Email: | V.Bowie@uws.edu.au |
|---|---|
| Extension: | |
| Mobile: | |
| Location: | |
| Website: |
PLEASE NOTE: obtaining information from this Directory must be for the legitimate purposes of doing business with and within the University of Western Sydney (UWS), and must not be used for unsolicited bulk e-mailing (spamming) or similar purposes.
Biography
Mr Bowie has lived, trained or consulted in violence management in a variety of challenging settings such as Belfast, The Bronx New York, Soweto in South Africa and the Western Suburbs of Sydney. Over the last 35 years he has worked or trained in a variety of organisations including ASIO, prisons, psychiatric and general health, welfare and youth settings with homeless, drug and alcohol effected and mental health clients as well as youth gangs.
He is an expert witness in legal cases involving workplace violence and related matters. He also provides guidance for organisations in how to make their workplaces, at all levels, less violence prone and help them to develop appropriate policies and procedures.
Vaughan Bowie is the author of the bookCoping with Violencethat has sold around 4,000 copies nationally and internationally. Vaughan has also coedited two books, and 20 plus articles, chapters and monographs on workplace violence.
Qualifictions
Bachelor of Social Studies: Sydney University
Master of Science: New University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Master of Arts: Macquarie University
PG Certificate in Higher Education: University of NSW
This information has been contributed by Mr Bowie.
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Bowie, V. (2010), 'An Emerging Awareness of the Role Organizational Culture and Management Style Can Play in Triggering Workplace Violence', Workplace Violence in Mental and General Healthcare Settings, Jones and Bartlett Publishers 9780763779344.
- Bowie, V. (2005), 'Organisational violence: a trigger for reactive terrorism', Workplace violence: Issues, trends, strategies, Willan Publishing 1843921340.
- Bowie, V., Fisher, B. and Cooper, C. (2005), 'Introduction: New issues, trends and strategies in workplace violence', Workplace violence: Issues, trends, strategies, Willan Publishing 1843921340.
- Bowie, V., Fisher, B. and Cooper, C. (2005), 'Where to from here? Countering workplace violence in the new millenium', Workplace violence: Issues, trends, strategies, Willan Publishing 1843921340.
- Bowie, V. (2002), 'Defining violence at work: a new typology', Violence at Work Causes, patterns and prevention, Willan Publishing 190324062X.
Journal Articles
- Bowen, B., Privitera, M. and Bowie, V. (2011), 'Reducing workplace violence by creating healthy workplace environments', Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 14.
- Bowie, V. (2011), 'How corrupted cultures lead to abuse of restraint interventions', Learning Disability Practice, 5.
- Paterson, B., Leadbetter, D., Miller, G. and Bowie, V. (2010), 'Re-framing the Problem of Workplace Violence Directed Towards Nurses in Mental Health Services in the UK: a Work in Progress', International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 11.
- Bowie, V. (2008), 'Youth workers and stress', Youth Studies Australia, 9.
- Paterson, B., Miller, G., Leadbetter, D. and Bowie, V. (2008), 'Zero Tolerance and violence in services for people with mental health needs', Mental Health Practice, 6.
- Bowie, V. (2005), 'Youthwork Education: A View from Down Under', Child & Youth Care Forum, 24.
- Bowie, V. (2004), 'Youth Work: Has it reached its used-by date', Youth Studies Australia, 5.
- Bowie, V. (2004), 'Youth-Worker Training: Teaching and learning from an International perspective', Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 10.
Research
Workplace violence
Changing toxic organsations
Youth Work
Working with Men
Spirituality
Ethics in practice
Mental Health
This information has been contributed by Mr Bowie.
Previous Projects
| Title: | Preventing Cyberstalking: A National Investigation into the use of Electronic Communications to Cyberstalk |
|---|---|
| Years: | 2003-05-28 - 2004-05-28 |
| ID: | P0013440 |
| UWS Researchers: | Monica Whitty and Vaughan Bowie |
| Funding: |
|
