Scott D Neufeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 4270170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott D Neufeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott D |
| FAMILY NAME | Neufeld |
| SIGNATURE | NEUFELD S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brock University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8086-7752 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Community-led approaches to research governance
Around the world, a growing number of communities are voicing their demands for authority in the governance of research involving them. Many such communities have experienced histories of exploitative, stigmatizing, intrusive research that failed to benefit them. To better understand what strategies communities are developing in order to have a say in research oversight, we conducted a scoping review of the international peer-reviewed and grey li…
Lay Perspectives on Drug (De)Criminalization and the (De)Stigmatization of People Who Use Illicit Drugs
Background Substance use stigma has been framed as contributing to the drug toxicity crisis. We theorize the political function of drug criminalization as contributing to a system of stigma that exerts social control over people who use illicit drugs (PWUID). Consequently, drug decriminalization may be a potential destigmatizing solution. Since decriminalization is often positioned as an antistigma intervention targeting the public, it is importa…
Vulnerable, Helpless, and Hopeless
Involuntary treatment policies that remove youth autonomy threaten the well-being of youth who use drugs (YWUD) and constitute a form of structural stigma. Recent debate in British Columbia (BC) on 'secure care' legislation (e.g., support from wealthy White parents and opposition by Indigenous organizations) shows how the agency of YWUD is contested and how ageism intersects with racism and substance use stigma. How do substance use anti-stigma c…
Ignored inequities
In effect, these strategies perpetuated the exclusion and dehumanization of marginalized PWUD facing disproportionate harms of the drug toxicity crisis. Since anti-stigma campaigns remain a common intervention, we highlight a need for strategic approaches informed by more critical perspectives on substance use stigma
Criminalization Causes the Stigma”
Introduction In light of North America's persisting drug toxicity crisis, alternative drug policy approaches such as decriminalization, legalization, regulation, and safer supply have increasingly come to the forefront of drug policy discourse. The views of people who use drugs toward drug policy and drug law reform in the Canadian context are essential, yet largely missing from the conversation. The aim of this study was to capture the opinions,…
Indigenous” Nature Connection? A Response to Kurth, Narvaez, Kohn, and Bae (2020)
The Perils of Explaining Climate Inaction in Terms of Psychological Barriers
As awareness of climate change and its consequences increases, many have asked, “Why aren't people taking action?” Some psychologists have provided an answer that we describe as a “psychological barriers explanation” (PBE). The PBE suggests that human nature is limited in ways that create psychological barriers to taking action on climate change. Taking a critical social psychology approach (e.g., Adams, 2014), we offer a critique of the PBE, arg…
Preferences for different representations of colonial history in a Canadian urban indigenous community
When a social group’s history includes significant victimization by an outgroup, how might that group choose to represent its collective history, and for what reasons? Employing a social identity approach, we show how preferences for different representations of colonial history were guided by group interest in a sample of urban Indigenous participants. Three themes were identified after thematic analysis of interview and focus group transcripts …
Solidarity Not Homogeneity
Superordinate identities formed around shared oppression provide political and psychological resources for marginalized groups. However, superordinate identities can also threaten the identities of the subgroups they attempt to bring together. We examined how a superordinate identity was constructed to protect subgroup identities using data from 31 urban Aboriginal participants who strongly identified with both their subgroup (heritage cultures) …
The Perils of Explaining Climate Inaction in Terms of Psychological Barriers
As awareness of climate change and its consequences increases, many have asked, “Why aren't people taking action?” Some psychologists have provided an answer that we describe as a “psychological barriers explanation” (PBE). The PBE suggests that human nature is limited in ways that create psychological barriers to taking action on climate change. Taking a critical social psychology approach (e.g., Adams, 2014), we offer a critique of the PBE, arg…
Solidarity Not Homogeneity
Superordinate identities formed around shared oppression provide political and psychological resources for marginalized groups. However, superordinate identities can also threaten the identities of the subgroups they attempt to bring together. We examined how a superordinate identity was constructed to protect subgroup identities using data from 31 urban Aboriginal participants who strongly identified with both their subgroup (heritage cultures) …
Criminalization Causes the Stigma”
Introduction In light of North America's persisting drug toxicity crisis, alternative drug policy approaches such as decriminalization, legalization, regulation, and safer supply have increasingly come to the forefront of drug policy discourse. The views of people who use drugs toward drug policy and drug law reform in the Canadian context are essential, yet largely missing from the conversation. The aim of this study was to capture the opinions,…
Preferences for different representations of colonial history in a Canadian urban indigenous community
When a social group’s history includes significant victimization by an outgroup, how might that group choose to represent its collective history, and for what reasons? Employing a social identity approach, we show how preferences for different representations of colonial history were guided by group interest in a sample of urban Indigenous participants. Three themes were identified after thematic analysis of interview and focus group transcripts …
Preferences for different representations of colonial history in a Canadian urban indigenous community
When a social group’s history includes significant victimization by an outgroup, how might that group choose to represent its collective history, and for what reasons? Employing a social identity approach, we show how preferences for different representations of colonial history were guided by group interest in a sample of urban Indigenous participants. Three themes were identified after thematic analysis of interview and focus group transcripts …
Solidarity Not Homogeneity
Superordinate identities formed around shared oppression provide political and psychological resources for marginalized groups. However, superordinate identities can also threaten the identities of the subgroups they attempt to bring together. We examined how a superordinate identity was constructed to protect subgroup identities using data from 31 urban Aboriginal participants who strongly identified with both their subgroup (heritage cultures) …
The Perils of Explaining Climate Inaction in Terms of Psychological Barriers
As awareness of climate change and its consequences increases, many have asked, “Why aren't people taking action?” Some psychologists have provided an answer that we describe as a “psychological barriers explanation” (PBE). The PBE suggests that human nature is limited in ways that create psychological barriers to taking action on climate change. Taking a critical social psychology approach (e.g., Adams, 2014), we offer a critique of the PBE, arg…
Indigenous” Nature Connection? A Response to Kurth, Narvaez, Kohn, and Bae (2020)
Criminalization Causes the Stigma”
Introduction In light of North America's persisting drug toxicity crisis, alternative drug policy approaches such as decriminalization, legalization, regulation, and safer supply have increasingly come to the forefront of drug policy discourse. The views of people who use drugs toward drug policy and drug law reform in the Canadian context are essential, yet largely missing from the conversation. The aim of this study was to capture the opinions,…
Ignored inequities
In effect, these strategies perpetuated the exclusion and dehumanization of marginalized PWUD facing disproportionate harms of the drug toxicity crisis. Since anti-stigma campaigns remain a common intervention, we highlight a need for strategic approaches informed by more critical perspectives on substance use stigma
Community-led approaches to research governance
Around the world, a growing number of communities are voicing their demands for authority in the governance of research involving them. Many such communities have experienced histories of exploitative, stigmatizing, intrusive research that failed to benefit them. To better understand what strategies communities are developing in order to have a say in research oversight, we conducted a scoping review of the international peer-reviewed and grey li…
Lay Perspectives on Drug (De)Criminalization and the (De)Stigmatization of People Who Use Illicit Drugs
Background Substance use stigma has been framed as contributing to the drug toxicity crisis. We theorize the political function of drug criminalization as contributing to a system of stigma that exerts social control over people who use illicit drugs (PWUID). Consequently, drug decriminalization may be a potential destigmatizing solution. Since decriminalization is often positioned as an antistigma intervention targeting the public, it is importa…
Vulnerable, Helpless, and Hopeless
Involuntary treatment policies that remove youth autonomy threaten the well-being of youth who use drugs (YWUD) and constitute a form of structural stigma. Recent debate in British Columbia (BC) on 'secure care' legislation (e.g., support from wealthy White parents and opposition by Indigenous organizations) shows how the agency of YWUD is contested and how ageism intersects with racism and substance use stigma. How do substance use anti-stigma c…
Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works)