What is objectivity? Why is it important in crime-scene ...

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What is objectivity? Why is it important in crime-scene reconstruction?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The ____________ is when subjects do not receive the real treatment and instead receive a placebo or imitation treatment but respond as though they have received the real treatment.
 
  a. placebo effect
  b. spill-over effect
  c. sympathy effect
  d. double-blind experiment
  e. Hawthorne Effect

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Answer to Question 1

Answer should include points such as the following:
Objectivity is the professional detachment practiced by individuals to avoid letting personal beliefs or biases affect the conclusions reached through observations.
Objectivity is important in crime-scene reconstruction to prevent biases from having a negative effect on the process of reconstruction by leading to incorrect analysis or interpretation of the information provided by the evidence.

Answer to Question 2

A