In light of Mills (1959) critique of sociology, this article examines several instances of what might be called a lack of the "criminological imagination". concern for academic issues, a focus on the employee apart from the system, the use of convenient methodological techniques, and incomplete questioning. An explanation for these phenomena is argued to be the pressure to publish.
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