I came across an article pointing out the difficulty in maintaining objectivity. Certain research points out that a forensic psychologist's outlook may be influenced depending on whether they are acting on the part of the defense or prosecution.
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The research found that:
"The findings reveal that experts who believed they were working for prosecutors tended to rate sexually violent offenders as being at greater risk of re-offending than did experts who thought they were working for the defense."
I came across an article pointing out the difficulty in maintaining objectivity. Certain research points out that a forensic psychologist's outlook may be influenced depending on whether they are acting on the part of the defense or prosecution.
This highlights comments both by Natalija and Sehrish.
The research found that:
The article can be found here: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/forensic-experts-may-be-biased-by-the-side-that-retains-them.html