Principles of Investigations and Report Writing: Criminal Investigations
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Sep. 21, 2011
ANNOTATION: This presentation on the writing of a criminal report is very useful if you need some help on creating an effective report. Topics discussed include: basic legal beginning of an investigation; investigation basics; basics of report writing skills; quality; not taking; tell the story; write in first person; missing information; write in chronological order; write in the past tense; antecedent; spelling and punctuation; use an active voice; subject/verb agreement; subjects joined by “and”; subject separated by “or” of “nor”; pronoun antecedent agreement; ambiguous pronouns; avoid jargon; avoid wordiness; avoid wordy phrases; avoid redundancy; report facts, not opinions; use specific words; attitude of others toward reports; and parts of a report.
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