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 REPORT WRITING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONAL: A COMPLETE TEXT FROM ENGLISH COMPOSITION TO INTERVIEWS & INTERROGATIONS
©2008 Softcover 306 pp. (8 1/2" x 11")
ISBN: 978-1-933778-06-8
List $58
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| Description |
This book was written to help students improve their writing skills, specifically criminal justice reports. The authors believe improved reading skills lead to improved writing skills. Every chapter includes student exercises for supplemental reading, which emphasizes the importance of reading to enhance writing skills. Each chapter includes a: Reading and research assignment based on newspaper and website articles, Crossword puzzle, Quiz, Spelling test. In addition, there are:19 sample narratives, 20 sample report forms, 24 Exercises containing 182 Questions, 89 Instructor Cues. The student materials are available on-line and include a series of 9 video scenarios for students to watch, take notes, and write reports. The Instructor DVD has 3 additional scenarios for testing. Interview & Interrogation with Eyewitness Testimony is an appropriate supplemental text for use with this text in a written communication or report writing class.
This book is appropriate for lower division English composition, criminal justice, homeland security, or corrections programs. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Introduction to Report Writing
Chapter 2 Chronological Order and Report Formats
Chapter 3 Clear and Concise Writing Style
Chapter 4 Composition for Report Writing
Chapter 5 Custody and Corrections Reports
Chapter 6 Computers and Report Writing
Chapter 7 Introduction to Interview & Interrogation
Chapter 8 Communications Theory
Chapter 9 The Report as an Investigative Tool
Appendix A Sample Report Forms
Appendix B Sample Narratives
Appendix C Word Lists
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| Author(s) |
| Joe Davis, MPA: Joe Davis is President of Davis & Associates in Laguna Niguel, California. Founded in 1986, the goals of Davis & Associates are to help private and public sector organizations create safe and productive environments, reduce workplace conflict, and prepare to manage critical incidents. |
| Rick Vander Kam, M.S.: Rick is the founder of The Van Arend Company, an organizational development company whose team building events have brought new levels of effectiveness to organizations locally and internationally. His professional background is diverse ranging from 15 years in manufacturing, 10 years as a business owner, pubic and private education, and organizational development consulting. A doctoral student at Fielding Graduate University, Rick is studying leadership and change dynamics as related to education. |
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- The student materials are available on-line. They include: 9 video scenarios, 11 report form templates
- Instructor DVD: 3 additional video scenarios for testing with extensive support materials, PowerPoint Presentation, Test Bank with written examinations provided for every chapter, Lesson Plan Development Guide for instructor use
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