Manisha Shah

University of California - Los Angeles Website

Manisha Shah is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Director of the Global Lab for Research in Action. She holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Voting History

Pretrial detention

Reducing the number of people detained pretrial will lead to a net increase in crime in the medium- to long-term.

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Disagree 6
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Disagree 7
Comments

Ending the use of cash bail will meaningfully reduce the number of people detained pretrial.

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Agree 5
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 7
Comments

Also depends on policy that replaces cash bail.

Using risk assessment to inform detention decisions will meaningfully reduce the number of people detained pretrial.

Vote Confidence
Agree 5
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 5
Comments

This depends on how good of a job the risk assessment does predicting risk!