Ruth Shefner

Assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University College of Public Health studying criminal legal systems, substance use, and health. And running marathons.

[Tarik Endale | ታሪክ እንዳለ @Tarik_Endale]

“Neighborhoods experiencing higher rates of policing… experienced higher burdens of psychiatric hospitalization among adolescent and young adult residents. This association was larger in neighborhoods of color” @s_j_prins @Arrianna_Planey @RuthShefner
https://t.co/9z4IEnN3mB

[Journal of CSWB @JournalCSWB]

This Feb for #BlackHistoryMonth we are sharing articles that delve into the intersection of race and policing. We invite you to read this Original Research: https://t.co/440CgmJSxF
@Helena_Addi @RuthShefner @NormTNetL3 @DM_MattTorigian @CSKACanada @NicheRMS

[Journal of CSWB @JournalCSWB]

Don’t forget! ORIGINAL RESEARCH - Resident Perspectives on Police Involvement in the Response to Mental Health Crises by Addison et al. is available to read now: https://t.co/440CgmJSxF
#policing #mentalhealth @Helena_Addi @RuthShefner

[Journal of CSWB @JournalCSWB]

In this original research, @Helena_Addi, @RuthShefner & colleagues examine perspectives about police involvement in mental health crises among residents of structurally disadvantaged areas in Philadelphia. Read it here: https://t.co/440CgmJSxF #policing #mentalhealth

[Division of Policing @ASCPolicing]

📑New research by @RuthShefner et al. Police officer Perspectives on a Pre-booking Diversion Program for People who use Drugs in Philadelphia https://t.co/9xvUIdliC9

[Ruth Shefner @RuthShefner]

@gabegabeyeah @drexelpubhealth @DrexelUHC @DrexelCNHP Congratulations!! Philly 🙌

[Katie Couric @katiecouric]

My guest on #NextQuestion this week is 24-year-old @MFierceton. Her harrowing story detailed in a @NewYorker profile has raised questions about the thorny politics of higher education, and our assumptions about race and class regarding abuse. Listen here: https://t.co/ZDmzQFurG0

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Rachel Aviv investigates the case of Mackenzie Fierceton, who was championed as a former foster youth who had overcome an abusive childhood and won a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship—until the University of Pennsylvania accused her of lying. https://t.co/yF590IKWSi

[Ruth Shefner @RuthShefner]

Anything I could try to say, Mackenzie has already said, more thoughtfully and more eloquently than I ever could. So just this: I am honored to know @MFierceton , am continually inspired by her courage and strength, and have been absolutely horrified by how she has been treated.

[Mackenzie Fierceton @MFierceton]

It’s a funny thing about the truth. No matter how hard powerful institutions and people try to manipulate it, it stays the same. Truth is something that cannot be changed. A thread. #MackenzieFierceton https://t.co/ugjjf0Ndya

[Ruth Shefner @RuthShefner]

Really enjoyed and felt privileged to have the opportunity to read and reflect on @reubenjmiller's wonderful, important book, Halfway Home.
https://t.co/zYBTHIXgi3

[Ruth Shefner @RuthShefner]

@jbenmenachem @alexlusco So they defensively reassert status through enforcing formality, signaling identity in new ways (zoom labels, choice of background, camera angle)

[Ruth Shefner @RuthShefner]

@jbenmenachem @alexlusco Yeah! Zoom is a much less disruptive, more egalitarian experience for defendants. Downgrades the traumatic violent, experience of court. Which is a threat to court actors, who are invested in court’s ritual/ symbolic dominance.

[ColumbiaPublicHealth @ColumbiaMSPH]

#ColumbiaSPH @CUEpidemiology prof. @s_j_prins on rising #COVID19 rates in city jails: "it’s a ticking time bomb. Inevitably that will spread back into the communities where folks are returning to." https://t.co/RMJsdpJkFW #publichealth

[Philadelphia Community Bail Fund @Phillybailout]

DA Krasner, the FJD, and Commissioner Outlaw either don't believe we are in the middle of a deadly pandemic or they don't care. If they did, they'd do everything in their power to drastically reduce the jail population now.
https://t.co/IvbzJOOt4l

[Philadelphia Community Bail Fund @Phillybailout]

Check out this powerful op ed by Malik Neal at @phillybailfund What the Pandemic Revealed About ‘Progressive’ Prosecutors https://t.co/v8VBHGapQF
#endcashbail

[Samantha Melamed @samanthamelamed]

Ten months into pandemic, hundreds remain jailed without a preliminary hearing as court backlog grows.

One, arrested amid May uprisings, says he did nothing illegal—but is no longer counting on his day in court. “At this point, they kind of broke me.” https://t.co/1Q1GkDs51X

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

“Shame on all of those involved and all of those who have looked the other way.”

Statement from #DustinHiggs attorney following his execution:

[Ruth Shefner @RuthShefner]

So now we‘re going to say more cash bail is the solution? I think we tried that. https://t.co/ZMZMncoacu

[Katherine Scott @scottkatherine6]

@chrisgeidner Watch what he does not what he says we literally just had an insurrection at the capital tweeting this out now is just to keep people from saying he should be removed via the 25th amendment

[New York County Defender Services @nyc_defenders]

The time is now - NYC must decarcerate city jails for the health & safety of all New Yorkers.

New op-ed from NYCDS attorney Brad Maurer, Prof. @s_j_prins, @SandhyaKaj & @LegalAidNYC attorney @KSimpsonHere

#FreeThemAll

https://t.co/BvOoIWUN3y