The SAGE Guide to Writing in Policing: Report Writing Essentials

by Jennifer M. Allen, Steven Hougland

Overview

The SAGE Guide to Writing in Policing: Report Writing Essentials equips students with transferable writing skills that can be applied across the field of policing - both academically and professionally. Authors Steven Hougland and Jennifer M. Allen interweave professional and applied writing, academic writing, and information literacy, with the result being a stronger, more confident report writer. Students are also exposed to a number of best practices for various elements of report writing, such as the face page, incident reports, supplemental reports, investigative reports, and traffic reports, as well as search warrants and affidavits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544364629
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/02/2019
Series:	The SAGE Guide to Writing in the Social Sciences
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Jennifer M. Allen is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Nova Southeastern University and former department head of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Georgia. She has worked with juveniles in detention, on probation, and with those victimized by abuse and neglect. Dr. Allen has served on advisory boards for Big Brother/Big Sister mentoring programs, Rainbow Children’s Home, domestic violence/sexual assault programs, and teen courts. Dr. Allen has published in the areas of restorative justice, juvenile delinquency and justice, youth programming, police crime, and policing administration and ethics. She is also the coauthor of Criminal Justice Administration: A Service Quality Approach; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Criminal Justice; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Research Methods; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Corrections; and The SAGE Guide to Writing in Policing.

Steven M. Hougland is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. He is a retired law enforcement officer with 30 years of policing and corrections experience at the local and state level. Dr. Hougland has published in the areas of police use of force, law enforcement accreditation, and police ethics.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Basics of Writing
Basic Grammar Rules
Critical Thinking Skills, Academic Writing, and Professional Writing
Writing for the Criminal Justice Professions
Chapter 2: What Is Information Literacy?
Information Literacy
Digital Literacy, Computer Literacy, and Technology Literacy Skills
Chapter 3: Police Report Writing: The Face Page
Common Data Fields
Uses of Face Page Data
Tips for Writing the Incident Report
Writing the Narrative
Formatting the Incident Report
Editing
Chapter 4: Supplemental, Investigative, and Traffic Crash Reports
Incident Report
Evidence Report
Arrest Warrants
Arrest Report or Booking Report
Traffic Crash Reports
Chapter 5: Search Warrants, Affidavits, and Sworn Statements
What is a Search Warrant?
How to Obtain a Search Warrant
The Scope of a Warrant
Sworn Statements
Chapter 6: Other Documents: Memos, Letters, Emails, Cover Letters, and Resumes
Writing Business-Related Documents
Memos
Letters
Emails
Social Media
Cover Letters and Resumes
Chapter 7: Academic Paper Formats: What Is APA Formatting?
Research, Publication, and the APA Style Rules
Types of Publications
APA Formatting and Ethical and Legal Standards
Modern Language Association and the Chicago Manual of Style
Chapter 8: The Academic Research Paper
The Research Writing Process
Locating Sources
Evaluating Sources
How to Read a Scholarly Article
Writing a Literature Review
Writing the Essay
Working and Annotated Bibliographies