Hannah Scott
PhD
Professor
Criminology and Justice
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Contact information
Bordessa Hall
- Room 512
Downtown Oshawa
55 Bond Street East
Oshawa, ON
905.721.8668 ext. 2653
Background
Dr. Hannah Scott is a Full Professor and founding faculty member of Ontario Tech University in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. She received her undergraduate degrees (Psychology and Sociology) from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Guelph in Ontario, and PhD in Sociology from University of Alberta. Prior to arriving at Ontario Tech, she was an Assistant Professor at The University of Memphis. She was also the Founding Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Survey Research (CESR). She has served in many roles with Ontario Tech's Faculty Association, including founding Vice-President, President, and Grievance Officer. Her primary interests are in the area of victimology, vulnerable populations, gender, and homicide studies. Her current projects are in the areas of workplace bullying, homelessness, drug courts, and serial and mass homicide.
Education
- PhD, Sociology University of Alberta
Courses taught
Graduate-level:
Currently:
- Supervision of graduate thesis
- Supervision of graduate thesis
- Supervision of graduate papers
- Graduate reading courses
- Graduate Seminar in Special Topics in Criminology—Victimology
- Graduate Seminar in Criminological Theory
- Graduate seminar in Victimology
Currently:
- Victimology
- Family Violence
- Special Topics – Workplace Violence and Victimization
- Victimology
- Serial and Mass Homicide
- Domestic/Family Violence
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice
- Undergraduate Thesis
- Integrated Project in Criminology – Space and Crime
- Issues in Organized Crime
- Quantitative Methods
- Introduction to Psychology
- Deviance
- Introduction to Sociology
- Introduction to Criminological Theory
Research and expertise
- workplace bullying
- homelessness
- victimology, victims of crime vulnerable populations
- homicide studies
- serial and mass murder
- gender differences in criminal and victimal experience
- evaluation research
- Canadian drug courts and other diversion program evaluation
Region of Durham. Singles At Risk: Pathways In and Out of Homelessness. Scott, H. (Principal Investigator), with Collaborators Bryant, T. and Aquanno, S.
- 2016, $4,995
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Government of Ontario. A mixed methods study of the sexual victimization and reporting experiences of students, faculty, and staff at a diverse, commuter university and college in Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Frederick, T. Principal Investigator, with Co-applicants Ammar, N., Marques, O. O’Connor, C., and Scott, H. (in alphabetical order).
- 2016, $15,048
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Government of Ontario. Frederick, T. Principal Investigator, with Co-Applicants Ammar, N., Marques, O. O’Connor, C., & Scott, H. (in alphabetical order). A collaboration with the Durham Police Service to study how post-secondary institutions and police services collaborate on issues of sexual violence across Ontario with the aim of identifying best practices.
- 2016, $25,115.92
Ministry of the Environment, Kirkwood, A (Principal Investigator) Non-agricultural sources of Nutrients in the Lake Simcoe Watershed. Scott, H. (Collaborator).
- 2015-2019, $80,000
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Knowledge Synthesis Grant. Scott, H. (Principal Investigator) and Kotlyar, I. A Review of Skillshed Analysis Practices and Outcomes. Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Skills Development for Future Needs of the Canadian Labour Market competition.
- 2013, $23,560
Oxford University Press, Canada. Scott, H. Innovation grant for development of the Virtual Teaching Assistant digital film series. Scott, H. (Principal Investigator
- 2012, $5,000
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council SSHRC Internal Grant Competition, Ontario Tech University. Scott, H. (Principal Investigator). “Durham Area Survey Pilot Study.”
- 2011, $2,000
Wiley, Canada. Innovation grant for development of the Virtual Teaching Assistant digital film series. Scott, H. (Principal Investigator)
- 2010, $5,000
Ontario Tech University – Technology Innovation Fund. “The Virtual Teaching Assistant: Introduction to SPSS 15.0” Scott, H. (Principal Investigator)
- 2009, $3,009
Start-up Grant, Provost’s Office, Ontario Tech University. “Centre for Evaluation and Survey Research (CESR).” Scott, H. (Principal Investigator)
- 2009, $125,000
OPIC IPM Group of Ontario Universities: “The Virtual Teaching Assistant: Film Series Demonstrating Operations of the Statistical Package from the Social Sciences (SPSS) 15.0” Scott, H. (Principal Investigator)
- 2007, $10,665
DACH/Ontario Tech Homelessness Project. National Homelessness Initiative, Government of Canada, Region of Durham. Scott H. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Alvi, S. Understanding Homelessness in Durham Region.”
- 2006, $84,074
National Institute of Justice (US) – SACSI Project. Five Cities Project: Strategic Approaches for Community Safety (SACSI).” Janikowski, R., Phyllis Betts, P., Scott, H. (co-Principal Investigator), Klesges, L. & Henning, K.
- 1999, $249,964
National Institute of Justice (US) – Women’s Experience with Violence (WEV): Women’s Experience with Violence: A Collaborative Research Initiative for the Center for Research on Women and the Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center Janikowski, R., Phyllis Betts, P., Klesges, L. & Henning, K. & Scott, H. (co-Principal Investigator).
Involvement
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Selected publications
Morris, J. & Scott, H. (2021). “Maybe no one is really crazy, but everyone is just a little but mad”: Framing experiences of living with madness in the TED talk. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
Scott, H. (2021, submitted). The application of legislation and criminal justice practice to public versus private violence. The Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime. Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Marques, O., Couture-Carron, A., Frederick T.J., and Scott, H. (2020). The Role of Trust in Student Perceptions of University Sexual Assault Policies and Services. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 50(2), 39-53.
Scott, H., Bryant, T. and Aquanno, S. (2020). The role of transportation in sustaining and reintegrating formerly homeless clients. Journal of Poverty, 24(1), 1-19.
Hill, D. & Scott H. (2019). Climbing the corporate ladder: desired leadership skills and successful psychopaths. Journal of Financial Crime.
Tennant, J. & Scott, H. (2019, August) Report on Student Questionnaires in Course and Teaching – Ontario Council of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA).
Scott, H. (2018) Extending the Duluth Model: Modification to the Workplace Power-Control Wheel. Workplace Health and Safety, 66(9), 444-452.
Scott, H., Bryant, T. and Aquanno, S. (2018, March) Out of Homelessness: Vulnerability of unattached individuals in Durham Region. Report submitted to the Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham Region Social Services Department. Oshawa, Ontario.Ammar, N., Frederick, T., Marques, O. O’Connor, C., & Scott, H. (May, 2016) Responding to sexual violence at Ontario’s post-secondary schools: Recommendations and best practices. Report submitted to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Government of Ontario.
Ammar, N., Couture-Carron, A. Frederick, T., Marques, O. O’Connor, C., & Scott, H., & San-Antonio, J. (May, 2016). A mixed-methods study of sexual victimization of students, faculty, and staff at a diverse, commuter university in Ontario. Report submitted to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Government of Ontario.
Scott, H. (2016). Victimology: Canadians in context, 2nd. Ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Verhaaff, A. & Scott H. (2015). Individual Factors Predicting Mental Health Court Diversion Outcome. Research on Social Work Practice, 25(2), 213-228.
Scott, H. & Kotlyar, I. (2014). A Review of Skillshed Analysis Practices and Outcomes. Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Skills Development for Future Needs of the Canadian Labour Market competition. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (file # 412-2013-2006).
Scott, H. (2014). Report on the Skillshed pilot study data collected in the Region of Durham in cooperation with the Durham Workforce Authority. Durham Workforce Authority.
Scott, H. & Fleming, K. (2014). The female family annihilator: An exploratory study. Homicide Studies (Special Edition on Mass Murder), 18, 59-82.
Scott, H. (2012, Initial License). The Virtual Teaching Assistant: The Statistical Package from the Social Sciences (SPSS) 19.0. Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press. License granted Dec 9, 2011.
Alvi, S., Scott, H., & Stanyon, W. (2010). “We’re Locking The Door”: Family histories in a sample of homeless youth. The Qualitative Report, 15(5), 1209-1226,
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Presentations
Invited
Scott, H. (2021). Tactics used by workplace bullies. Speaker Series: Beyond the Walls Virtual Discussions in Liberal Arts. Oshawa Public Libraries and the faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University. Electronic presentation. Nov. 15.
Scott, H. (2021). Drug Treatment Court monitoring and evaluation in a budget constrained environment. Presentation to be given to the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES-CICAD), sponsored by the Organization of American States, Washington, D.C. (www.oas.org). Electronic Presentation. May 27.
Scott, H. (2021). The application of legislation and criminal justice practice to public versus private violence. Presented at the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime. Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic presentation. Mar. 4.
Scott, H. (2020). Gardening with Crime Prevention in Mind. Speaker Series: Beyond the Walls Virtual Discussions in Liberal Arts. Oshawa Public Libraries and the faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University. Electronic presentation. July 16, 2020.
Scott, H. (2019). Moving Mountains: Using the Bullying Power-Control Wheel to Detect Abuse in the workplace. First Annual Empowerment Event of Sisters United Theme: United in Equity. Toronto, Ontario, Saturday, November 2.
Scott H. (2019). Power Control Wheel: A new model to assess workplace bullying by victims. Results of a (really) large pilot test. Presentation given to the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities Deans External Advisory Committee. October 9, 2019.
Scott, H. (2019). “I left my boss, not my job”: Bullying in the workplace. Two workshops presented at the Standing Together Conference: Collective approach to safe workplaces. Executive Royal Hotel Calgary, Calgary Alberta, Mar. 6th.
Scott, H. (2017). Workshop: Encouraging a potential griever to grieve. Workshop conducted for the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations: Grievance Committee, Feb. 3, 2017, Toronto, ON.
Scott, H. (2015). A massacre reframed: Remembering a hate crime against Canadian women. Presentation given to UNIFOR Candlelight Vigil for the National Day of Remembrance and Ending Violence Against Women. Oshawa, ON. Dec. 6.
Scott, H. & Kotlyar, I. (2014). A review of skillshed analysis: Practices and outcomes. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Knowledge Synthesis Grants on Skills development for future needs of the Canadian labour market, Workshop 2 of 2. Feb. 11-12, Ottawa, ON.
Conferences
Papers Presented
Scott H. (2021). What can the Duluth Model of domestic violence tell us about experiences and strategies for dealing with workplace bullying? Paper to be presented at the Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Congress. Edmonton, Alberta. May 31 – June 4. Online conference.Levit, I., & Scott, H. (2021) The Social Construction of 'Victim' and 'Crime' in Genocide: Who Does It Leave Behind? Paper to be presented at the Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Congress. Virtual event. May 31 – June 4. Online conference.
Scott, H. (2019). Gendered experiences of bullying using the Workplace Power Control Wheel: Results of a large pilot test. Congress: Canadian Sociological Association. Paper presented Jun 3-6, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.Scott, H. (2018). An Evaluation of Effectiveness of a Canadian Drug Treatment Court Using the Measure of Criminal Recidivism: Issues and Analysis of Results. Presentation to be given at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meetings, Feb14 – 17, 2018, New Orleans, LA
Couture-Carron, A., Fredericks, T., & Scott, H. (2017). A re-introduction of chilly climate into the conversation on sexual violence and rape culture on campus. Paper to be presented at the Canadian Sociological Associations Annual Meetings, Congress, May 29 – June 1.
Scott, H. & Middleton, M. (2016). Can participation in Drug Treatment Courts reduce emergency department use? An evaluation. Presentation given at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Nov. 16 – 19, 2016, New Orleans, LA
MacKay, S.E., Scott, H. and Kirkwood, A.E. (2016) Resident Attitudes, Perceptions and Practices Regarding Fertilizer Use in the Lake Simcoe Watershed. Oral Presentation at the International Association on Great Lakes Research Annual Conference, University of Guelph, June 6 - 10. Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Scott, H. (2015) In Search of a More Positive Victimology. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C. November 18-21.
Hinch, R., & Guminny, B., Scott, H., (2015). Canadian Serial Murderers: A descriptive analysis. Paper presented at the European Society of Criminology Annual Meetings. Porto, Portugal, September 2-5.
Scott, H. (2015). What research on victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) can tell us about the Westray mining tragedy? Paper presented at the Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meetings, University of Ottawa, June 1 to 5. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
