Institute of Criminology

Bryanna Hahn - Biography

Contact Details

Bryanna Hahn
Email:
bh349@cam.ac.uk

Ph.D. Student

Bryanna’s PhD research is on criminal profiling and investigative psychology. Her project aims to create new typologies of property offenders, using advanced statistical methods.
Supervisor: Professor David P. Farrington


BS (Hons) in Crime, Law & Justice, Penn State University, USA
Schreyer Honors College Scholar
Minors in Psychology & Sociology


Publications

  • Scheitle, C. and Hahn, B. 2011. From the pews to policy: Specifying religion’s influence on states’ treatment of sexual orientation. Social Forces, 89(3):913-933.
  • Hahn, B. 2010. Book review: Payne, B., & R. Gainey (2009). Family violence and criminal justice: A life-course approach, 3rd Ed. Albany, NY: LexisNexis. ACJS Today 35(4): 9-10.

Presentations

  • "It's Nature AND Nurture: Integrating Biological Factors Into Social Learning Theory." Institute of Criminology Pubic Seminar Series, 5th May 2011. University of Cambridge.
  • "A Risky Business: Using the Risk Associated with Non-Residential Target Characteristics to Deter and Catch Burglars." American Society of Criminology Conference 2010. San Francisco, CA.
  • "An Analysis of Disparity under the Current Federal Sentencing Guidelines." American Society of Criminology Conference 2008. St. Louis, MI.

Teaching Experience

  • Demonstrator, Multi-level Modeling, Joint Schools Module, University of Cambridge, Lent 2011
  • Instructor, Research Methods in Criminology, University of Florida, Spring 2010
  • Teaching Assistant, Corrections and Sentencing, University of Florida, Fall 2009
  • Teaching Assistant, Law and Society, Penn State University, Spring 2007
  • Teaching Assistant, Race and Ethnic Relations, Penn State University, Spring 2006

Research Experience

  • Statistical Consultant, Demos Research Group, London, 2011
  • Research Assistant, Non-Residential Burglary Project, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge, 2010
  • Research Assistant, Campus Disturbance Project, Penn State University, 2009
  • Research Assistant, Association of Religion Data Archives, Penn State University, 2009
  • Research Assistant, Center for the 1st Amendment, Penn State University, 2008

Grants and Awards

  • Grinter Fellowship, University of Florida, 2009
  • Schreyer Honors College Grant, Penn State University, 2008
  • Criminology Department “McKee” Scholarship, Penn State University, 2008
  • College of Liberal Arts “Shine” Award, Penn State University, 2008
  • Schreyer Honors College Grant, Penn State University, 2007
  • Summer Scholarship, Princeton University, 2007

Service

  • Criminology PhD Student Representative, University of Cambridge, 2010-current
  • Texas Defender Service, University of Cambridge, 2010-current
  • Reviewer, American Psychological Association, 2010- current

Memberships

  • International Academy for Investigative Psychology, 2011- current
  • American Psychological Association- Psychology & Law Society, 2009-current
  • American Society of Criminology, 2008-current

Research Interests

  • Criminal profiling & investigative psychology
  • Biosocial theory
  • Statistics & methodology
  • International comparative research
  • Testing criminological theories