Imagining criminology Book

Critiques contemporary positivist-based criminology and proposes an alternative that is not in itself a new theory but a new orienting perspective, a different way of perceiving reality, under which existing theories can be used and reinterpreted. Because Williams proposes a metatheory rather than a unit theory, there are no specific empirical hypotheses to be made, but he strives to posit relationships with existing unit theories and ferret out some possible empirical points of examination. The volume concludes the Current Issues in Criminal Justice series.