Dr. Stacey Hannem

Assistant Professor, Criminology

Contact Information

Email: shannem@wlu.ca
Phone: 519.756.8228 ext.5785

Office Location: Grand River Hall #124

Academic Background

SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa, 2009
PhD (Sociology), Carleton University, 2008
MA (Criminology), University of Ottawa, 2003
B.Soc.Sci (Criminology/Sociology), University of Ottawa, 2001

Biography

I spent my childhood and youth living in small towns across Canada, from Alberta to PEI and everywhere in between. After graduating from high school in Saskatchewan, I moved to the Nation's Capital to pursue my university education, with the goal of becoming a criminal lawyer. Somewhere between first and third year, I fell in love with the discipline of criminology and found my niche in researching and writing about the social justice issues that I am most passionate about. For this, I am indebted to Professors Michael Petrunik and Bob Gaucher at the University of Ottawa who, each in their own way, inspired me to be a better scholar. Instead of law school, I decided to pursue graduate studies, eventually resulting in a PhD in Sociology from Carleton University. 

I joined the faculty of Laurier Brantford in 2009, following the completion of a term as a SSHRC Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa. My doctoral research focused on the difficulties faced by the families of incarcerated men in Canada. Since coming to Wilfrid Laurier I have been involved in various and ongoing research in the areas of verbal violence in families, community reintegration following conviction for sexual offending, and the national priorities of Canadian women. I am a primarily qualitative researcher with a strong interest in classical and contemporary social theory and theories of stigma, in particular. Since 2008, I have also acted as chair of the Policy Review Committee for the Canadian Criminal Justice Association and I am passionate about contributing to the improvement of the Canadian Criminal Justice system. 

I very much enjoy teaching and meeting with students and am happy to discuss any of my research interests, or general career and research areas in criminology.

In my spare time I enjoy reading novels, yoga, good coffee and spending time with my partner, Chris, and our sons, Jonathan and Samuel.

Additional Information

Current Research:

Verbal Violence in Domestic Settings: (With Dr. Catherine Stewart & Dr. Debra Langan) Examining the experiences of families whose relationship are characterized by verbal violence, their interactions with police and social agencies, their experiences of stigma.

National Women’s Survey: (With Dr. Jennifer Lavoie) Online survey to gather information about the personal, local and national priorities and concerns of Canadian women.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Criminal Justice System: Examining the life-histories of individuals who have been diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder to identify the psycho-social factors that contribute to their involvement with the criminal justice system; identifying difficulties with the systemic response to FASD and factors that may insulate individuals with FASD from involvement in risky and criminal behaviour.

Selected Publications:

Hannem, Stacey & Chris Bruckert (eds.) (2012). Stigma Revisited: Implications of the Mark. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press

Sanders, Carrie and Stacey Hannem (2012). "Policing the Risky: Technology and Surveillance in Everyday Patrol Work." Canadian Review of Sociology, 49(4): 389-410.

Hannem, Stacey (2011). "Experiences in Reconciling Risk Management and Restorative Justice: How Circles of Support and Accountability Work Restoratively in the Risk Society." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Online First edition available at: http://ijo.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/12/19/0306624X11432538 

Hannem, Stacey (2010). "Stigma, Marginality, Gender and the Families of Male Prisoners in Canada." In A. Doyle & D. Moore (eds.) Critical Criminology in Canada: New Voices, New Directions. University of British Columbia Press.

Hannem, Stacey and Michael Petrunik (2007). "Circles of Support and Accountability: A Community Justice Initiative for the Reintegration of High-Risk Sex Offenders." Contemporary Justice Review, 10(2): 153-171.

Hannem, Stacey and Michael Petrunik (2004). "Canada's Circles of Support and Accountability: A Community Justice Initiative for High-Risk Sex Offenders." Corrections Today, 66(7): 98-101.

Bruckert, Chris and Stacey Hannem (2013, forthcoming). "Rethinking the Prostitution Debates: Transcending Structural Stigma in Systemic Responses to Sex Work." Canadian Journal of Law and Society. 

Bruckert, Chris and Stacey Hannem (2013, forthcoming). "To Serve and Protect? Social Profiling and Police Abuse of Power in Ottawa." In E. Van der Meulen, E.M. Durisin, and V. Love (eds.), Selling Sex: Canadian Academics, Advocates, and Sex Workers in Dialogue. Vancouver: UBC Press.