ENGL1024 — Writing Police Reports: Theory and Practice
ENGL 1024 - Writing Police Reports: Theory and Practice ENGL 1024 - Writing Police Reports: Theory and Practice Hours/Week: Lecture 1 Lab None Course Description: This college-level writing course emphasizes the theory and practice of using information observed and gathered at a crime scene to prepare a professional-quality police report. Typical assignments include audience analysis, situation analysis, police report checklists, narratives, and police reports written after contact with simulated situations involving law enforcement. This writing course assumes familiarity with a word processing program. ENGL 1024 requires students to register for CJS 1024 as a MnTC Goals None Major Content Key terms, concepts, and content of police reports Elements and issues of technical writing Characteristics of acceptable and unacceptable police reports The role of police reports in the legal process Writing, reviewing, and revising police reports Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL1020, ENGL1021