Socrates' views on guardian education, as presented in Plato's Republic, are examined for insights into issues faced by American criminal justice educators. Socrates' scheme supports those contemporary analysts who argue that criminal justice education should stress ethics and theory, rather than vocational training, and should structure its curriculum around the humanities rather than the social sciences.
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