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ALL TIME HITS (for all papers in SSRN eLibrary)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Corrections & Sentencing Law & Policy eJournal

January 2, 1997 to May 22, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 3352 Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? The Relevance of Life-Life Tradeoffs
Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty,
Date posted to database: March 25, 2005
Last Revised: May 12, 2005
2 2879 Does Capital Punishment Have a Deterrent Effect? New Evidence from Post-Moratorium Panel Data
Hashem Dezhbakhsh, Paul H. Rubin, Joanna Shepherd,
Emory University - Department of Economics, Emory University - Department of Economics, Emory University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: October 24, 2007
Last Revised: October 24, 2007
3 1557 Brain Imaging for Legal Thinkers: A Guide for the Perplexed
Owen D. Jones, Joshua Buckholtz, Jeffrey D. Schall, Rene Marois,
Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Neuroscience Program, Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology
Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience,
Date posted to database: March 4, 2010
Last Revised: March 30, 2010
4 1343 Banishment By a Thousand Laws: Residency Restrictions on Sex Offenders
Corey Rayburn Yung,
University of Kansas School of Law,
Date posted to database: January 29, 2007
Last Revised: January 18, 2008
5 1296 Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Charging and Its Sentencing Consequences
M. Marit Rehavi, Sonja B. Starr,
University of British Columbia, University of Michigan Law School,
Date posted to database: January 16, 2012
Last Revised: June 2, 2012
6 1294 Sorting Guilty Minds
Francis X. Shen, Morris B. Hoffman, Owen D. Jones, Joshua D. Greene, Rene Marois,
University of Minnesota Law School, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Harvard University - Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology
Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience,
Date posted to database: February 24, 2011
Last Revised: November 14, 2011
7 1279 The Lethal Injection Quandary: How Medicine Has Dismantled the Death Penalty
Deborah W. Denno,
Fordham University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 1, 2007
Last Revised: March 27, 2011
8 1270 Racial Critiques of Mass Incarceration: Beyond the New Jim Crow
James Forman,
Yale University - Law School,
Date posted to database: November 29, 2011
Last Revised: March 20, 2012
9 1230 Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Some Further Thoughts and Additional Evidence
Isaac Ehrlich,
State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Economics,
Date posted to database: February 7, 2007
Last Revised: February 7, 2007
10 1080 Child Sexual Abuse and the State: Applying Critical Outsider Methodologies to Legislative Policymaking
Ruby P. Andrew,
Southern University Law Center,
Date posted to database: May 24, 2006
Last Revised: October 13, 2008

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Corrections & Sentencing Law & Policy eJournal

March 23, 2013 to May 22, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 138 Effective Plea Bargaining Counsel
Jenny Roberts,
American University, Washington College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 20, 2013
Last Revised: April 20, 2013
2 123 Pretrial Detention and the Right to Be Monitored
Samuel R. Wiseman,
Florida State University - College of Law,
Date posted to database: March 26, 2013
Last Revised: May 6, 2013
3 120 The Case Against the Case Against the Death Penalty
Chad Flanders,
Saint Louis University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: March 19, 2013
Last Revised: March 25, 2013
4 101 Sentencing the Why of White Collar Crime
Todd Haugh,
Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 4, 2013
Last Revised: May 17, 2013
5 84 Sentencing Adjudication: Lessons from Child Pornography Policy Nullification
Melissa Hamilton,
University of Houston - Law Center,
Date posted to database: March 14, 2013
Last Revised: May 17, 2013
6 83 Vulnerability and Just Desert: A Theory of Sentencing and Mental Illness
E. Lea Johnston,
University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law,
Date posted to database: March 26, 2013
Last Revised: March 26, 2013
7 78 Static-99R: Item #1 – What is the Offenders Age?: A Lack of Consensus Leads to a Defective Actuarial
Dean R. Cauley, Michelle D. Brownfield,
Unaffiliated Authors - Independent, Unaffiliated Authors - Independent,
Date posted to database: March 24, 2013
Last Revised: March 24, 2013
8 75 Defensible Disenfranchisement
Mary Sigler,
Arizona State University - College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 21, 2013
Last Revised: April 21, 2013
9 75 Criminal Punishment and the Pursuit of Justice
Mike C. Materni,
Harvard Law School,
Date posted to database: April 24, 2013
Last Revised: April 24, 2013
10 73 Plea Bargains that Waive Claims of Ineffective Assistance - Waiving Padilla and Frye
Nancy J. King,
Vanderbilt University - Law School,
Date posted to database: May 3, 2013
Last Revised: May 3, 2013



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