NCJ Number
87865
Date Published
1982
Length
171 pages
Annotation
This text is designed to aid law enforcement officers, police trainees, and law enforcement students in writing reports that are clear, concise, factual, and grammatically correct.
Abstract
It discusses the content of police reports and supply guidelines for compiling and recording the information for such reports. It focuses on the mechanics of clear, efficient writing, including parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. In addition, a workbook section of multiple-choice questions and answers allows readers to test themselves on the material presented in the text. Figures and report forms are included. (Author abstract modified)