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NCJ Number:	192688

Title:	Report Writing Essentials

Author(s):	Lance A. Parr

Date Published:	2001

Page Count:	92

Sponsoring Agency:	Copperhouse @ Atomic Dog Publishing Cincinnati, OH 45210

Publication Number:	ISBN 0-942728-99-8

Sale Source:	Copperhouse @ Atomic Dog Publishing 1203 Main Street, Third Floor Cincinnati, OH 45210 United States of America

Publisher:	http://www.wadsworth.com/criminaljustice_d/

Type:	Overview Text

Format:	Document

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This document examines a broad range of police report writing problems that have been identified as the greatest cause of confusing police reports.

Abstract:	Report Writing Essentials meets and exceeds all performance objectives for police report writing prescribed by the California Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training for the basic academy course. The document presents each topic in a step-by-step format, followed by a practice exercise. It also includes examples of poor and good police reports, a glossary of grammar, punctuation, and other English composition terms (with examples), and a list of commonly misspelled words frequently found in public safety reports. The data are presented in eight chapters: (1) Nouns and Pronouns; (2) Verbs and Agreement; (3) Modifiers and Sentence Structure; (4) Punctuation; (5) Capitalization, Abbreviations, and Spelling; (6) Active Voice, Chronological Order, Word Choice; (7) Paragraphing, Jargon, Slang, Facts, Inferences, Opinions; and (8) The Process of Police Report Writing. Appendixes

Main Term(s):	Police

Index Term(s):	Criminal justice education; Police professionalism; Police records; Police reference materials; Police report writing training; Police reports; Police training; Records management; Report writing



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