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Policing Athens: Social Control in the Attic Lawsuits, 420-320 B.C.

Policing Athens: Social Control in the Attic Lawsuits, 420-320 B.C.

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Series: Princeton Legacy Library, Book 5269

Ancient GreeceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0691656894
ISBN13: 9780691656892
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Jan 15 2019
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.95
Height: 0.75 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

From household gossip to public beatings, this social history explores the many channels through which Athenian maintained public order. Virginia Hunter draws mostly on Attic court proceedings, which allowed for a wide range of evidence, including common rumors about a defendant's character and testimony, obtained under torture, of slaves against their masters. She describes Athenian policing as a form of social control that took place across a range of private and public levels. Not only does policing appear to have a collective enterprise, but its methods were embedded in a variety of social institutions, resulting in the blurring of the line between state and society.

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