Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads in Criminal Law eJournal

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Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Banishing ‘Sex Offenders': How Meaningless Language Makes Bad Law Guy Padraic Hamilton-Smith Mitchell Hamline School of Law Date Posted: 03 Dec 2020	447
2.	The Legality of Presidential Self-Pardons Paul J. Larkin, Jr. The Heritage Foundation Date Posted: 09 Dec 2020	284
3.	Capitol Offense: Is Donald Trump Guilty of Inciting a Riot at the Capitol? Michael Conklin Angelo State University Date Posted: 27 Jan 2021 [new to top ten]	162
4.	Federal (De)Funding of Local Police Roger Michalski and Stephen Rushin University of Oklahoma - College of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law Date Posted: 19 Jan 2021	149
5.	Digital Age Samaritans Zachary D. Kaufman University of Houston Law Center Date Posted: 02 Dec 2020	131
6.	Invisible Prisons Eve Hanan University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law Date Posted: 07 Dec 2020	122
7.	Permission and Purpose: Does a Person Violate the Federal Computer Fraud Statute by Accessing a Computer with Authorization but for an Improper Purpose? Brooks Holland Gonzaga University School of Law Date Posted: 02 Dec 2020	110
8.	The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Recidivism Studies: Myopic, Misleading, and Doubling Down on Imprisonment Nora V. Demleitner Washington and Lee University Date Posted: 23 Jan 2021 [new to top ten]	107
9.	'I See What Is Right and Approve, But I Do What Is Wrong': Psychopathy and Punishment in the Context of Racial Bias in the Age of Neuroimaging Alison Lynch and Michael L. Perlin Mental Disability Law & Policy Associates and New York Law School Date Posted: 23 Dec 2020 [8th last week]	107
10.	Unpunishable Criminals Mihailis Diamantis University of Iowa - College of Law Date Posted: 02 Dec 2020 [9th last week]	96