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CRPC accounts for 6 of the 8 most downloaded criminology studies at the Social Science Research Network

Aug 24, 2015 | Featured

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With over 225,000 economists, law professors, business school professors, political scientists and criminologists from around the world, the Social Science Research Network research network contains the most downloaded set of research papers.  The CRPC has six of the top eight most downloaded criminology papers on the site.  Two of the top three downloaded studies are different versions of the same paper written with Bill Landes from the University of Chicago who is the chairman of the CPRC’s Board of Academic Advisors.  The papers can be downloaded here.

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  1. Steve W.
    Steve W. on May 16, 2015 at 8:54 AM

    Congratulations Dr. Lott you should be extremely proud and its a confirmation to the work that you have done and continue to do. Thank you and to all your colleagues at CPRC.

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