Observation In Criminal Justice Research

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In criminal justice research, observation can be very helpful however the Hawthorne Effect can skew the results. Explain a situation either involving observation in a law enforcement setting or in the community observing possible criminal activities where this would be an issue. The Hawthorne Effect got its name from a study that was conducted Western Eclectics Hawthorne plant located in Illinois in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. In the study the researchers were attempting to analysis the behavior and productivity of the workers with a change in lighting (Bulman, Garcia, & Hernon, 2012). According to the text the workers responded as to how the felt the researchers wanted them to respond, rather than they would have normally acted

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