The SAGE Guide to Writing in Policing: Report Writing Essentials(The SAGE Guide to Writing in the Social Sciences)

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.

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

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.