Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads

in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply.

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	578	The Curious History of Fourth Amendment Searches  Orin S. Kerr,  George Washington University - Law School,  Date posted to database: October 1, 2012
2	391	Examining Shaken Baby Syndrome Convictions in Light of New Medical Scientific Research  Keith A. Findley,  University of Wisconsin Law School,  Date posted to database: October 11, 2012
3	346	Prison Visitation Policies: A Fifty State Survey  Chesa Boudin, Trevor Stutz, Aaron Littman,  Yale University - Law School, Yale University - Law School, Yale University - Law School,  Date posted to database: November 6, 2012
4	212	The Role of Folk Beliefs about Free Will in Sentencing: A New Target for the Neuro-Determinist Critics of Criminal Law  Emad Hanzala Atiq,  Yale University, Law School,  Date posted to database: October 18, 2012
5	173	If You Shoot My Dog, I Ma Kill Yo’ Cat: An Enquiry into the Principles of Hip-Hop Law  Jan M. Smits, Andrei Ernst, Steven Iseger, Nida Riaz,  Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI), Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN, Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN, Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN,  Date posted to database: October 10, 2012 [6th last week]
6	169	Prescriptions for Ethical Blindness: Improving Advocacy for Indigent Defendants in Criminal Cases  Tigran Eldred,  New England Law | Boston,  Date posted to database: October 2, 2012 [7th last week]
7	166	The Crime and Punishment of States Gabriella Blum,  Harvard Law School,  Date posted to database: October 22, 2012 [8th last week]
8	142	Positivism and International Criminal Law: The Principle of Legality as a Rule of Conflict of Theories  Dov Jacobs,  Leiden University - Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies,  Date posted to database: September 27, 2012 [9th last week]
9	112	Teaching Prison Law  Sharon Dolovich,  University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law,  Date posted to database: November 6, 2012 [new to top ten]
10	141	Exclusion and Control in the Carceral State  Sharon Dolovich,  University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law,  Date posted to database: November 6, 2012