CRJ 293 - Crim Justice Report Writing Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Open
This course will help Criminal Justice students master the ability to translate actions and observations into complete, accurate and understandable written reports for law enforcement and/or corrections professionals. Emphasis will be on the purpose of reports in the criminal justice field, the uses of reports, basic report components and guidelines for good report writing.
Competencies
- Explain the fundamentals of proper report writing for criminal justice.
- Identify the common purposes and uses of reports
- Describe the issues of liability and responsibility as they relate to criminal justice reports
- Examine the basic organizational structure of report writing.
- Demonstrate how to construct a report with clarity
- Report pertinent facts in chronological order.
- Demonstrate methods to convey information so that it can be understood by anyone
- Recognize criminal justice jargon and bias language and its detriment on reports
- Develop review techniques for written reports.
- Identify appropriate proofreading methods
- Demonstrate effective report editing techniques
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