NCJ Number
192942
Date Published
1999
Length
256 pages
Annotation
This workbook provides guidelines and exercises to help police, probation officers, and correctional officers improve their writing skills.
Abstract
The workbook also contains a pretest and posttest to assess writing strengths and weaknesses. The book’s first section addresses the eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, interjection, and preposition. The second section provides information and guidelines regarding the usage of words with similar spellings, including affect and effect, deposition and disposition, and whose and who’s. The third section focuses on correcting fragments, run-ons, and misplaced phrases. The fourth section provides practice in distinguishing statements written in the active and passive voice and exercises to analyze correct grammar usage when balancing subjects and verbs. The fifth section includes spelling exercises and a list of the most commonly misspelled words in law enforcement and corrections. The sixth section focuses on punctuation and understanding of commas, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, and quotation marks. The final section addresses the important components of effective report writing: note taking; report organization; sample scenarios; and sample reports for police, probation, and correctional officers. Lists, forms, and answers for exercises