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NCJ Number: 192688 Find in a Library
Title: Report Writing Essentials
Author(s): Lance A. Parr
Date Published: 2001
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
Publication Number: ISBN 0-942728-99-8
Sponsoring Agency: Copperhouse @ Atomic Dog Publishing
Cincinnati, OH 45210
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/ 
Page Count: 92
Format: Document
Type: Overview Text
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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