TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The prison in economics: private and public incarceration in Ancient Greece
JO  - Public choice
A1  - D'Amico, Daniel J.
SP  - 461
EP  - 482
VL  - 145
IS  - 3-4
N2  - Recent histories of Ancient Greece describe a transition from customary law to public criminal justice between 800 and 400 B.C. This narrative contains three pieces of evidence against the presumption that prisons are a public good and government must provide incarcerations. First, before the rise of a formal government, Ancient Greece had a functioning system of criminal law enforcement. Second, the timeline surrounding the rise of government institutions in Ancient Greece originated with Solon's penal reforms. Lastly, the rise of a government system was more the result of private rather than public interest.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0048-5829
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11127-009-9575-z
ID  - ref1
ER  -