Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals, 4th Edition

Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals, 4th Edition

Section One: The Nature of Report Writing

1. The Why and How of Report Writing

2. Starting to Write

3. The Face Page

4. The Narrative - The Continuation Page and Follow-Up Report

5. Habits that Make for Speedy Writing

6. Other Types of Writing

7. Reading and Correcting Reports

Section Two: The Mechanics of Report Writing

8. Simplified Study of Grammar

9. Avoiding Errors in Sentence Structure

10. Making Punctuation Work

11. Breaking the Spelling Jinx

12. Using or Abusing Words

13. Abbreviating and Capitalizing

Section Three: The Modernization of Report Writing

14. Innovations and Predictions in Criminal Justice