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Hannah Scott

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

hannah.scott@ontariotechu.ca

Background

Dr. Hannah Scott is a Full Professor and founding faculty member of Ontario Tech University Formerly UOIT) 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. She was the Founding Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Survey Research (CESR) at UOIT. She has served in many roles with Ontario Tech's Faculty Association, including founding Vice-President, President, and Grievance Officer. She currently serves as a Governor (Elected, Teaching Faculty) on the Board og Governors, at Ontario Tech University. Her primary interests are in the area of victimology, vulnerable populations, gender, and homicide studies. Prior to arriving at Ontario Tech, she was an Assistant Professor at The University of Memphis. 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:

  • Advance Topics in Criminology: Victimology
  • Supervision of graduate thesis

Previously:

  • Advance Topics in Criminology: Victimology
  • Graduate Seminar in Special Topics in Criminology—Victimology
  • Graduate seminar in Victimology
  • Graduate Seminar in Criminological Theory
  • Supervision of graduate thesis
  • Supervision of graduate papers
  • Graduate reading/independent study courses

Undergraduate-level:

Currently:

  • Victimology
  • Family Violence

Previously:

  • Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).
  • 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

The Organization of American States, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in cooperation with Global Affairs Canada. Scott, H. (Principal Developer), Development of a knowledge translation document for Drug Treatment Courts across South America, the Caribbean, and Meso-American countries. 

  • 2023, $5, 000

The Organization of American States, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in cooperation with Global Affairs Canada. Scott, H. (Principal Developer), Development of a Database Structure as part of the Project: “Establishing Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanisms for Impact Evaluation of the Drug Treatment Court Model”

  • 2022, $10, 000

Office of the Federal Ombudsman for the Victims of Crime. Scott, H. (Principal Investigator), The differences in application of legislation and criminal justice practice to address issues experienced by victims of private versus public violence.

  • 2020, $9779

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

  • Books

    Scott, H. (2025). Victimology: Canadians in context, 3rd. Ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press. 

  • Film Series and License Agreements

    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.

    Scott, H. (2010, Second License). The Virtual Teaching Assistant: The Statistical Package from the Social Sciences (SPSS) 16.0.  Toronto, ON: Wiley UK. Co. License granted Oct. 9, 2009.

    Scott, H. (2009, Initial License). The Virtual Teaching Assistant: The Social Sciences (SPSS) 16.0.  Toronto, ON: Wiley Canada Co. and UOIT Free library resource online, Oshawa, ON, UOIT. License granted Nov. 3, 2008.

    Scott, H. (2004). The Virtual Teaching Assistant: The Statistical Package from the Social Sciences (SPSS) 12.0.  UOIT free library resource, online. Oshawa, ON: UOIT

  • Refereed Journal Articles

    Scott, H., Killian, K., Roebuck, B. S., McGlinchey, D., Ferns, A., Sakauye, P., . . . Prashad, N. A. (2023). Self-care and vicarious resilience in victim advocates: A national study. Traumatology: An International Journal, 29(3), 368-374. doi:https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000481

    Hughes, J., Scott, H., Morrison, L. J., Kotsopoulos, D., & Ruttenberg-Rozen, R. (2023). Chilly climate 2.0: Women's experiences of harassment and discrimination in Canadian higher education. Canadian Journal of Education, 46(2), 472-501. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.uproxy.library.dc-uoit.ca/scholarly-journals/chilly-climate-2-0-womens-experiences-harassment/docview/2836519522/se-2

    Ferns A, Roebuck BS, McGlinchey D, Sattler PL, Scott H, Killian KD, et al. (2023) Protocol for a study on vicarious resilience in service providers for victims and survivors of violence. PLoS ONE 18(3): e0283474. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283474

    Morris, V. & Scott, H. (2021). “Maybe no one is really crazy, but everyone is just a little bit mad”: Framing experiences of living with madness in the TED talk. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 40(2), 71-88. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2021-012

    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. doi: 10.1080/10875549.2020.1740375

    Hill, D. & Scott H. (2019). Climbing the corporate ladder: desired leadership skills and successful psychopaths. Journal of Financial Crime, https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-11-2018-0117

    Scott, H. (2018) Extending the Duluth Model: Modification to the Workplace Power-Control Wheel. Workplace Health and Safety, 66(9), 444-452.

    Verhaaff, A. & Scott H. (2015). Individual Factors Predicting Mental Health Court Diversion Outcome. Research on Social Work Practice, 25(2), 213-228.

    Scott, H. & Fleming, K. (2014). The female family annihilator: An exploratory study. Homicide Studies (Special Edition on Mass Murder), 18, 59-82.  

    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, 

     

  • Electronic Evaluation Templates

    Scott, H. (2023). Excel Workbook for Drug Treatment Courts, based on Marlowe, D. B. (2019). OAS Manual for Scientific Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): Drug Treatment Courts (DTC) in the Americas. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, Organization of American States. Rights transferred to the Organization of American States for free access for all DTCs in the Western Hemisphere (1 Book, 16 sheets)

    Scott, H. (2023). Excel Codebook for the Excel Workbook for Drug Treatment Courts, rights transferred to the Organization of American States for free access for all DTCs in the Western Hemisphere. (59 pages)

  • Chapters

    Scott, H. (2024), Chapter 5: Victims of Crime.  In N. Boyd’s Understanding Criminology in Canada, 3rd Ed. Toronto, ON.:  Emond Montgomery Publications.

    Scott, H. (2024). Chapter 8. The psychopath's bullying and controlling behaviors and coping strategies for coworkers, In Germain, M. Psychopathy in the Workplace: Coping Strategies for Employees. Palgrave MacMillan. Pp. 153-170.

    Scott, H. (2007).  Trends in female serial homicide. In R. Kocsis, Ed. Serial murder and the psychology of violent crime. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

    Scott, H. (2003).  Some thoughts on Leyton’s ‘Proletarian Rebellion’ and the explanation of serial murder.  In Ronald Hinch (Ed.) Debates in Canadian Criminology. Pearson Publishing Co. pp. 69-77.

  • Presentations
    Invited

    Scott. H. (2024, Nov. 9). The Workplace Power Control Wheel: How to identify bullying tactics used in the workplace. The Society of United Professionals. The Sheraton Centre Hotel – Downtown. Toronto, ON.  Canada.

    Scott, H. (2023). Figuring out what works: Alternatives to incarceration and evaluation when unfunded [Virtual]. Exploring mechanisms for the monitoring and evaluation of alternatives to incarceration for drug related offences. This is an event undertaken by the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, Secretariate for Multidimensional Security, Organization of American States (Washington D.C) with financial support from the Government of Canada through the Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program. June 22.

    Scott, H. (2023) An evaluation tool for unfunded DTCs: The DTC Cohort Workbook.
    Presentation to the Canadian Association of Drug Treatment Court Professionals, Annual Conference. Online. April 28.

    Scott, H. (2023). OAS-CICAD DTC M&E Workshop [Virtual] - Session 3: Addressing Data Needs – Presentation of Model Excel Database Structure. Conference of the Organization of American States - CICAD - Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas - Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission. Washington, D.C. Feb. 15.

    Scott H. (2022).  Tea & Chat: Heroes and victims: How are they different?  Talk given to students at Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Nov. 30.

    Scott H. (2022).  The workplace bullying power and control wheel: A new tool to help name and identify bullying in the workplace. Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Nov. 30.

    Scott H. (2022)   Self-Care: Preliminary Results from the Vicarious Resilience Study. Program Advisory Committee of the Victimology Graduate Certificate program at Algonquin College (August). Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Feb 15

    Scott H. (2022).  The Workplace Bullying Power and Control Wheel. Workshop and presentation to be given at the 2022 National Self-Care Conference for Anti-Violence Advocates.  Virtual conference (United States). June 16, 2022.

    Scott, H., Hoffart, I, and Weinrath, M. (2021). Monitoring and Evaluation. Presentation given to The Association of Justice and treatment Partnerships/International Association of Treatment Court Professionals Conference. Online. Electronic Presentation. Dec. 8. (https://www.justicetreatment.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=664918&item_id=1535776&event_date_id=255) 

    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.  https://socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/about/events/beyond-the-walls/june-11---gardening-with-crime-prevention-in-mind.php

    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.

    Selected conference papers presented

    Scott, H., Killian, K., Roebuck, B., McGlinchey, D., Ferns, A., Sakauve, P., Ahmad, A., McCay, A., & Prashad, N. A. (2023). Self-Care and Vicarious Resilience in Victim Advocates:
    A National Study. Paper presented at the Canadian Sociological Association annual meetings, congress 2023.  York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  May 31.

    Scott, H. (2022) “Why don’t you just quit?”: Examining the presumption of victim control over offenders’ actions in abusive workplace situations. Paper to be presented at the Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, York University, Toronto, ON. May 16-20. (Canada).

    Scott, H., Roebuck, B. & others. (2022).  Self-care: Preliminary results from the vicarious resilience study. Paper presented at the 17th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology, San Sabastian, Spain. June 5-9, 2022.

    Scott H. (2021). What can the Duluth Model of domestic violence tell us about experiences and strategies for dealing with workplace bullying? Paper presented at the Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Congress.  University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. 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.

    Levit, I. & Scott, H. (2020) 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.  London Ontario.  May 30 – June 5. Accepted, but cancelled due to COVID-19.

    Scott H. (2020). 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.  London Ontario.  May 30 – June 5. Accepted, but cancelled due to COVID-19.

    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