Erin Dej's research while affiliated with Wilfrid Laurier University and other places

... Today, self-care practices for those who work in the helping professions are generally the responsibility of the employee even though research has shown that company-wide approaches to self-care facilitate individuals' execution and engagement with the practice (Badr, 2022;Posluns & Gall, 2020;Roebuck, Chapados, et al., 2022). Leaving selfcare to the employee, to practice when they can find the time and energy, stems from a neoliberalist approach that places responsibility on the worker, rather than the employer, in creating a healthy workforce (Killian, 2008;Roebuck, Chapados, et al., 2022). ...

... Due to the historical dominance of men in positions of power, Canada is a patriarchal state, which systemically disadvantages women through various means such as legislation and allocation of resources (Hamilton, 2005). For example, women are more likely to face poverty due to systemic gender-based inequalities affecting income, employment, and benefits, which accumulate throughout the life course (Schwan, Dej, & Versteegh, 2020). Although women's liberation movements increased opportunities and rights for women (e.g., right to vote, role in workforce), disadvantages still exist and are amplified for women when considering intersecting identities such as race, class, sexual identity, and gender (Hamilton, 2005). ...

... For instance, Finland's social welfare policies and programs have been cited in the literature as being effective at reducing homelessness and poverty (Shinn & Khadduri, 2020). In addition to Finland, countries such as Australia and Wales have also made advances in ending homelessness by shifting towards prevention (Dej et al., 2020). Homelessness prevention has long been recognized as a critical strategic approach but, to date, research from the United States demonstrates the lack of a prevention-oriented policy framework has led to lacklustre results (Culhane et al., 2011). ...

... Building on the existing body of research including the At Home/Chez Soi national study, primary outcomes were selected to reflect the unique characteristics of youth experiencing homelessness and to measure the effectiveness of the HF4Y program interventions that are consistent with the program's core principles and the detailed service delivery model [20,21,55]. In evaluating complex interventions, there are a range of factors that likely have an impact on housing stabilization, including sufficient and stable income, health and well-being, involvement with the justice system, involvement in education and employment, and social inclusion [56,57]. The core primary outcomes are thus selected to assess the effectiveness of HF4Y interventions on housing stability (as defined by a joint function of the number of days housed and the number of moves), health and well-being (mental and physical health status), and access to complementary supports, with secondary outcomes consisting of participation in education and employment and social functioning, as listed in Table 1 [55]. ...

... She concluded that in the situation of a lack of resources, homeless men perform compensatory masculinity as a way to cope with the situation. This coping mechanism influences the way they use supporting services (Dej 2018). ...

... Goffman (1963) explains stigma to be a differentness about individuals which characterizes them as "other" and disqualifies them from more traditional members of society. This "tainted" identity and subsequent disqualification renders them subject to negative consequences (Dej, 2016). One of the few pieces of literature exploring homelessness and social media recently published by Kim et al. (2023) explores tweets about PEH and argues that stigma is present in posts about PEH, and that users shared a sense of "disgust" which contributes to exaggerations about stigmatizing characterizations. ...

... The ideological construction of intensive mothering centers a mother's personal responsibility and individual choices, with little consideration given to wider social and economic disadvantages that may impede her ability to live up to the ideal (Lupton 2000;Jensen 2018;Varadi, Raby, and Tardif-Williams 2020). Thus, women are constructed as bad mothers through both their transgression of feminine norms and their failure to meet their responsibilities (Kilty and Dej 2012). Feminist scholars argue that idealized mothering is frequently inaccessible to mothers who occupy multiple spaces of marginality (Collins 2000;Lupton 2012;Roberts 2012). ...

... On the one hand, the NCRMD defense is associated with public perceptions that the defense is a "get out of jail free" card (4,5), that facilitates the release of potentially dangerous individuals into the community (6)(7)(8). Conversely, several scholars stress the significant control imposed on the NCRMD population (9)(10)(11)(12) and question the ability of RBs to distance themselves from the philosophy of the traditional penal system in their decision-making practices (13)(14)(15). ...

... HIV-specific criminal laws also fall heavily on immigrants (James 2010a, b;Larcher and Symington 2010), pregnant women and new parents (Greene et al. 2017;Kapiriri et al. 2016), and persons with disabilities (see Fritsch et al. 2016). Feminist criminology has confronted how strategies to reduce women's risk of HIV transmission may reinforce their vulnerability both as victims and as accused parties, assuming that women are responsible not only for their own health, but the health of their partners (Dej and Kilty 2012). ...

... Individuals with FASD are overrepresented in justice settings (Brown et al., 2017;Brown et al., 2020;Dej, 2011;Fast & Conry, 2004). However, the pathways of individuals with FASD and how they become involved with the criminal justice system (CJS) are often overlooked, as research focuses more on early diagnosis or intervention during adolescence (Popova et al., 2021). ...