Q What is reliability and validity in criminological research? Why should we be concerned about it from the standpoint of criminal justice scholars or practitioners?
It can be said that Reliability can be considered as a measuring instrument that helps in determining the different level of the quality of an instrument. In the criminological research, it has been found that the reliability is basically among the scholars and practitioners who are able to score identical and are easily obtained even when the measurement errors are seen to be true. It was observed that reliability can be considered as one of the most important aspect within criminal justice because it helps the researchers to be able to gain the knowledge of the obtained information which can be further used for making policies and conducting different practices (Huizinga & Elliott, 1986