The Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual

by Johnson, William A.; Rettig, Richard P.; Scott, Gregory M.; Garrison, Stephen M.

• ISBN13: 9780132318761
• ISBN10: 0132318768
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The more complex criminal justice systems become, the greater the need for clear, direct communication.The Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual,Fourth Editionis designed to help improve oners"s writing and is specific to the criminal justice field. It includes coverage of the writing process and the mechanics of writing, shows how to conduct research and cite sources, and presents guidelines for writing different types of common criminal justice papers. Now expanded to five parts, this edition includes a new chapter on writing a police report, separate chapters on APA and ASA style, and a separate section for writing assignments.It includes coverage of the writing process and the mechanics of writing, how to conduct research and cite sources, and guidelines for writing several different types of common criminal justice papers. Up-to-date information on criminal justice research on the World Wide Web offers readers current strategies and resources for Internet research.For anyone conducting research and/or producing writing in the criminal justice field.

Table of Contents

Preface

A Handbook of Style for Criminal Justice

Writing as Communication Writing to Learn The Irony of Writing Challenge Yourself Maintain Self-Confidence

The Writing Process

The Nature of the Process Finding a Thesis

Defining Your Audience

Invention Strategies

Organizing Your Writing

Drafting

Revising

Editing

Proofreading

Writing Competently Guidelines for the Competent Writer

Consider Your Audience

Aim for Consistency Have Confidence in What You Already Know about Writing

Eliminate Chronic Errors Punctuation, Grammar, and Spelling

Apostrophes Capitalization

Colons Commas Dangling Modifiers

Parallelism Fused (Run-on) Sentences

Pronoun Errors

Quotation Marks

Semicolons Sentence

Fragments Spelling

Paper Formats and Citations

Student Paper Formats

Preliminary Considerations

Margins Pagination

Title Page

Abstract

Executive Summary

Outline Summary

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Lists of Tables and Figures

Text Headings and Subheadings

Tables Illustrations and Figures

Reference Listing

Appendixes

Citing Sources in ASA Style What to Document Text Citations in ASA Style References in ASA Style

Citing Sources in APA Style What to Document Text Citations in APA Style References in APA Style

How to Conduct Research in Criminal Justice

Organizing the Research Process Gaining Control Who Is in Control of Your Paper?

Understand Your Assignment What Is Your Topic?

What Is Your Purpose?

Who Is Your Audience?

What Kind of Research Are You Doing? Keep Your Perspective Effective Research Methods Establish an Effective Proc

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