Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual

Name: Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual
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ISBN: 9780132318761

ISBN-10: 0132318768

ISBN-13: 9780132318761

Edition: 4th 2008

Authors: William A. Johnson, Richard P. Rettig, William A. Johnson, Gregory M. Scott, Stephen M. Garrison

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The more complex criminal justice systems become, the greater the need for clear, direct communication.The Criminal Justice Student Writers Manual,Fourth Editionis designed to help improve onersquo;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…

Book details

List price: $49.60
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 2/21/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



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


Table of Contents<$$$>


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