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Bauschatz, John.

Policing the Chora: Law enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt.

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Title/Author:	Policing the Chora: Law enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt.
Author:	Bauschatz, John.
Description:	232 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-06, Section: A, page: 2344.
Notes:	Supervisor: Joshua D. Sosin.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-06A.
Subject:	History, Ancient.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3181470
ISBN:	0542210223

Policing the Chora: Law enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt.
Bauschatz, John.

Policing the Chora: Law enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt. - 232 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-06, Section: A, page: 2344.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duke University, 2005.

In the Introduction (chapter 1) I lay the groundwork for the discussion that follows. In the second chapter I provide a broad overview of police powers, administrative domains and interactions between officials, focusing on three definable subsets: professional police officers (phylakitai), security forces (phylakes, etc.) and a handful of other officials who took part in police business. Next (chapter 3), I address the user interface aspect of policing in Ptolemaic Egypt, drawing on the evidence from petitions to law enforcement. The Ptolemaic criminal justice system provided peasants with a good deal of personal empowerment.

ISBN: 0542210223Subjects--Topical Terms:

212596
History, Ancient.

Policing the Chora: Law enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt.
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520 # $a In this dissertation I draw on a large body of evidence for the cultural, social and economic interactions between state and peasant to argue not only that Ptolemaic police officials enjoyed great autonomy, but also that government assistance was readily available to even the lowest levels of society when crimes were committed. Throughout the nearly 300 years of Ptolemaic rule, victims of crime in all areas of the Egyptian countryside called upon local police officials to tend to their needs. The police system that served them was efficient, effective and largely independent of central government controls.
520 # $a That the system worked and to great effect is demonstrated in chapter 4, which analyzes the most commonly attested police activities: the arrest, detention and examination of criminals. All three steps in the process demonstrate that Ptolemaic police officials were invested with considerable autonomy. In the next chapter (5) I focus on the roles of police in maintaining security and acting as "muscle" for the collection of tax arrears. The Ptolemaic police were closely supervised when it came to the protection of the state's economic and agricultural interests. In the final chapter (6) I consider breakdowns in the law enforcement machine. It appears that police officers sometimes employed their powers for nefarious purposes. Yet the evidence for misbehavior is suspect. This calls into question the applicability of modern notions of "police brutality" and "corruption" to Ptolemaic Egypt.
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