Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 20 Jan 2023 - 21 Mar 2023
Rank Paper Downloads
1.

Disrupting Drug Markets: The Effects of Crackdowns on Rogue Opioid Suppliers

Duke University, Department of Economics
358
2.

Effects of Drug Policy Liberalization on Public Safety: A Review of the Literature

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Sociology
209
3.

Judging Firearms Evidence

Duke University School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of California, Irvine
191
4.

The Criminalization of Black Resistance to Capture and Policing

Columbia Law School
94
5.

Optimal Law Enforcement : Nuance Between Arrest and Punishment

Department of Economics, University of Antananarivo, University of Antananarivo and University of Antananarivo
63
6.

A Historical Analysis of the Yakuza in Japan and the Effectiveness of the Government’s Anti-Yakuza Measures

Independent
57
7.

The Impact of Empirical Research on Public Opinion Regarding Marijuana-Related Policies

Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina and Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
42
8.

Armed and Dangerous? The Effect of Concealed Carry Permitting on Gun-Related Injuries

University of Central Missouri - Economics & Finance, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University of Pennsylvania
40
9.

Stochastic Terrorism, Speech Incantations, and Federal Tax Exemption

Florida A&M University College of Law
36
10.

Towards the Effective Compliance of the Nigerian Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017

Niger Delta University
33

All Time Top Papers

As of: 02 Jan 1997 - 21 Mar 2023
Rank Paper Downloads
1.

Multiple Victim Public Shootings, Bombings, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws: Contrasting Private and Public Law Enforcement

Crime Prevention Research Center and University of Chicago Law School
53,859
2.

The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime

Stanford Law School and University of Chicago
25,883
3.

Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases

University of Chicago
23,656
4.

The Effect of President Trump's Election on Hate Crimes

University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Marketing, Industrial Distribution & Economics and Loyola University Chicago School of Law
23,311
5.

Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies

Independent
21,239
6.

Multiple Victim Public Shootings

Crime Prevention Research Center and University of Chicago Law School
19,087
7.

Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime

Baylor University, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt and University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics
15,076
8.

Comparing the Global Rate of Mass Public Shootings to the U.S.’s Rate and Comparing Their Changes Over Time

Crime Prevention Research Center
11,008
9.

Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States

Crime Prevention Research Center, Crime Prevention Research Center and Crime Prevention Research Center
10,853
10.

Dirty Data, Bad Predictions: How Civil Rights Violations Impact Police Data, Predictive Policing Systems, and Justice

Northeastern University School of Law, New York University School of Law and AI Now Institute
10,380