Megan Stevenson

University of Virginia Website

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.

Vote Confidence
Disagree 6
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Disagree 7
Comments

It may shift some crime from within jails to outside of jails, however.

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

Vote Confidence
Agree 6
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
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
Disagree 9
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 5
Comments

Little evidence that it has done so so far.