South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the HumanitiesLadikos, Anastasios2009-10-062009-10-062000Ladikos, A 2000, 'Title', Phronimon, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 166-174.1561-4018http://hdl.handle.net/2263/11428Appears in Phronimon, Volume 2 Number 1(2000)Plato has adopted and adapted, abandoned or expanded and generally redetermined (or reascertained) and reshaped a vast range of criminological ideas and practices in such a way as to combine intense conservatism with radical innovation. As a political craftsman, he has skilfully, systematically and on the whole successfully utilised the material that lies to hand, to answer his own purposes.9 PagesenCopyright: South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the HumanitiesCriminological ideas and practicesRadical innovationPlato -- Contributions in political scienceCrimePunishmentConservatismArticle