Discuss why reliability and validity are important in research and how they may differ depending on the type of research you are performing.

Discuss why reliability and validity are important in research and how they may differ depending on the type of research you are performing.
Additionally, create an example of a problem criminology and criminal justice as a field would face if validity and reliability were not considered when using research to create policy.

Use as one of the resources:

Maxfield, M.G., and Babbie, E. (2018). Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, 8th ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage.