Part I Offenses -- Part II Offenses -- NIBRS Offenses -- Group A Offenses -- Group B Offenses -- Methods of Gathering Information -- Correct Abbreviation and Capitalization -- Dealing With Names -- Writing a Good Synopsis -- Keeping Up With Trends -- Summary -- Chapter 3-Test -- Chapter 4 The Narrative-The Continuation Page and Follow-Up Report -- Continuation Page, Follow-Up Report, and Supplementary Report or Material -- What Is Your Purpose? -- Who Are Your Readers? -- Chronological Organization -- Using Military Time -- Headings and Subheadings as a Way of Organizing -- Creating Visual Impact and Ease of Reading -- Avoiding Repetition and Meaningless Material -- Getting Rid of Stereotyped Fillers -- Summary -- Chapter 4-Test -- Chapter 5 Habits That Make for Speedy Writing -- Writing About People -- You and Your Fellow Employees -- Describing Other People -- Writing About Property -- Writing About Places -- Specific Parts of a Location -- Describing MOs and Trademarks -- Definitions of MO and Trademark -- Avoid Being Called on Your Time Off -- Summary -- Chapter 5-Test -- Chapter 6 Other Types of Writing -- Learning From the Short Memo -- Writing a Letter -- Faxes, E-mails, and Other Electronic Media -- Recording Minutes of a Meeting -- The Presentence Investigation Report -- Research and Other Reports -- Summary -- Learning From the Short Memo -- Writing the Letter -- Recording the Meeting -- Presentence Investigation Report -- Research and Other Reports -- Chapter 6-Test -- Chapter 7 Reading and Correcting Reports -- Common Problem Areas -- Use of Word Processors -- Improving the Agency by Helping the Individual -- Summary -- Chapter 7-Test -- Section 2 The Mechanics of Report Writing -- Chapter 8 Simplified Study of Grammar -- Identifying Parts of Speech -- Using One Word in Several Ways -- Using Verbs in the Past Tense -- The Sentence