Penn Today highlights a new book co-authored by Research Associate Jason Schnittker which dissects the inherent contradiction between a prison's dual obligations of "denying freedom and providing care."
Citations:
"The ‘paradox’ of receiving health care in prison," Penn Today, January 6, 2023.
Schnittker J, Massoglia M, Uggen C. "Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration" Oxford University Press, 2022
New study by Jason Schnittker (PSC/PARC Research Associate) published in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis explored the stigma associated with patients who have been diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Read more here
Jason Schnittker (PSC Research Associate) and Duy Do (GGD PhD Candidate) tied for the IPUMS Health Surveys Published Research award for their paper, "Pharmaceutical Side Effects and Mental Health Paradoxes Among Racial-Ethnic Minorities."
PSC Associate, Jason Schnittker, was quoted in a Pittsburg Post-Gazette about older adults being generally positive about their health as they age. “Older people expect some deterioration in health and aren’t thrown off course in the same way when it occurs,” says sociologist Jason Schnittker of the School of Arts and Sciences.
Jason Schnittker, John M. MacDonald and colleagues discuss the long term consequences of mass incarceration in the US in the new Penn SAS magazine Omnia.
Jason Schnittker's newly published study on the correlation between incarceration rates and health care is highlighted in Penn News.
Jason Schnittker writes on "Crime and Health" in the Faculty Opinion section of the Fall/Winter 2013 Penn Arts & Sciences Magazine.
Jason Schnittker is quoted in the Penn News discussing a student research project on diet and exercise.
Jason Schnittker is quoted about studying the link between prison time and mental illness in US News and World Report.
A study co-authored by Jason Schnittker shows that many of the most common psychiatric disorders found among former inmates, including impulse-control disorders, emerge in childhood and adolescence and predate incarceration.
Jason Schnittker comments in the Wall Street Journal on the impacts of not polling prison communities.
The Utne Reader reported on an article by Jason Schnittker and Michael Massoglia published in the journal Contexts in 2009 entitled "No Real Release."