Painless Police Report Writing: An English Guide for Criminal Justice Professionals - Softcover

Frazee, Barbara; Davis, Joseph N.

9780131123243: Painless Police Report Writing: An English Guide for Criminal Justice Professionals

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131123246 ISBN 13: 9780131123243

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

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For courses in criminal justice, report writing, basic writing skills, and law enforcement training programs.

User-friendly and highly relevant to the field, this text takes students through the process of police report writing while using tangible explanations, examples, and exercises geared specifically to law enforcement interests. Incorporating grammar and composition skills with proven effective police reporting techniques and strategies, the Second Edition focuses on the importance of using correct English composition to ensure accurate police reports. With the authors' combined knowledge of English instruction and police training, this text provides students with an invaluable resource for pursuing a career in law enforcement, while furnishing them with a solid guide to English grammar and report writing techniques.

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Painless Police Report Writing, Second Edition, incorporates English grammar and composition skills with proven effective police report writing techniques and strategies. It emphasizes the importance of correct English composition for accurate police reports. Moreover, the unique combination of the authors' experience and background ― an English instructor for more than 30 years with practical experience in police report writing needs and an active deputy sheriff and expert police trainer - guarantees a text that is relevant for today's law enforcement personnel, as well as being a permanent, personal resource and guide for English grammar and report writing techniques.

Incorporates English grammar and composition skills with police report writing techniques
Reinforces skills using a variety of grammar drills, sample reports, and exercises
Includes interpersonal communications skills for interviewing, interrogation, and note taking
Sample police report narratives
Preliminary Investigation checklist
Lists of "Deadwood Words," homonyms and spelling words
Chapters include Parts of Speech, Sentence Elements, Pronouns, Mechanics, and Spelling
Report writing techniques including the report writing process, chronological order, active voice sentence structure, and paragraphing
Five steps of police report writing: interviewing, note taking, organizing and planning, writing the narrative, and proofreading.
Pages are perforated so that students can submit work to the instructor for grading

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