Articles Featuring Megan T. Stevenson

Professor Wins Grant To Study Hidden Effects of Incarceration
June 13, 2022
‘Common Law’: The High Cost of Pretrial Detention
April 28, 2022
Unique Courses Explore Law’s Roots, New Frontiers
October 22, 2021
Accolades: Public Service Dean Wins Literary Award
October 19, 2021
UVA Law Adds 17 High-Profile Academics. Twitter Hollers Back.
June 10, 2021
Megan Stevenson, Economist Who Studies Criminal Law, To Join Faculty
July 28, 2020
UVA Honors Faculty for Their Research and Scholarship
February 1, 2023
UVA Law Professor Wins Grant To Study Incarceration
July 11, 2022
UVA Professor Receives Grant To Study Socioeconomic Effects of Incarceration
June 14, 2022
Our Pretrial System Needs To Be Torn Down and Rebuilt
May 2, 2022
Choosing Freedom
August 19, 2021
Houston’s Fight To End Cash Bail
March 25, 2021
Virtually No One Is Dangerous Enough To Justify Jail
March 15, 2021
What the Legal System Gets Wrong About Jailing People Awaiting Trial
March 4, 2021
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Public Briefing: The Civil Rights Implications of Cash Bail
February 26, 2021
Youth Incarceration Fell When California Required Counties To Pay More for Juvenile Detention: New Research
February 2, 2021
The Challenges of Reducing America’s Jail Population
July 9, 2020
Algorithms Were Supposed To Make Virginia Judges Fairer. What Actually Happened Was far More Complicated.
November 19, 2019
Algorithms Should’ve Made Courts More Fair. What Went Wrong?
September 5, 2019
In Philly, Your Race Predicts Whether You’ll Be Locked Up or Go Free Until Trial, Study Says
April 29, 2019
Philly DA Larry Krasner Stopped Seeking Bail for Low-Level Crimes. Here’s What Happened Next.
February 19, 2019
In U.S. Bail Reform, Justice by Algorithm Can Only Go So Far
February 2, 2018
Risk Assessment: The Devil’s in the Details
August 31, 2017
Reform Systems for Pretrial Incarceration in Philly
September 9, 2016
Bail System is Unjust and Undermines Public Safety
August 18, 2016
Why Poor, Low-Level Offenders Often Plead to Worse Crimes
July 24, 2016