Megan Stevenson

Megan Stevenson is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. 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 |
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Disagree | 7 |
Ending the use of cash bail will meaningfully reduce the number of people detained pretrial.
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Agree | 6 |
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Agree | 7 |
Comments
Likely, but it depends on what replaces it…
Using risk assessment to inform detention decisions will meaningfully reduce the number of people detained pretrial.
Vote | Confidence |
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Disagree | 9 |
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Neutral/No Opinion | 5 |
Comments
Little evidence that it has done so so far.
Comments
It may shift some crime from within jails to outside of jails, however.