The SAGE Guide to Writing in Corrections by Steven Hougland (English) Paperback

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The SAGE Guide to Writing in Corrections equips students with transferable writing skills that can be applied across the field of corrections-both academically and professionally. Authors Steven Hougland and Jennifer M. Allen interweave professional and applied writing, academic writing, and information literacy, with the result being a stronger, more confident writer in their classes and in the field.

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Steven M. Hougland is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. He is a retired law enforcement officer with 30 years of policing and corrections experience at the local and state level. Dr. Hougland has published in the areas of police use of force, law enforcement accreditation, and police ethics. Jennifer M. Allen is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Nova Southeastern University and former department head of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Georgia. She has worked with juveniles in detention, on probation, and with those victimized by abuse and neglect. Dr. Allen has served on advisory boards for Big Brother/Big Sister mentoring programs, Rainbow Children's Home, domestic violence/sexual assault programs, and teen courts. Dr. Allen has published in the areas of restorative justice, juvenile delinquency and justice, youth programming, police crime, and policing administration and ethics. She is also the coauthor of Criminal Justice Administration: A Service Quality Approach; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Criminal Justice; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Research Methods; The SAGE Guide to Writing in Corrections; and The SAGE Guide to Writing in Policing.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Basics of WritingBasic Grammar RulesCritical Thinking Skills, Academic Writing, and Professional WritingWriting in CorrectionsChapter 2: What Is Information Literacy?Information LiteracyDigital Literacy, Computer Literacy, and Technology Literacy SkillsChapter 3: Reports from Pretrial, Probation, and Parole OfficersPretrial ReportsWriting the Pretrial ReportPresentence Investigation ReportsContact Sheets and Revocation PetitionsChapter 4: Incident Reports and BeyondWriting WellBasic Writing SkillsWriting the NarrativeEditingTypes of ReportsChapter 5: Other Documents: Memos, Letters, Emails, Cover Letters, and ResumesWriting Business-Related DocumentsMemosLettersEmailsCover Letters and ResumesChapter 6: Academic Paper Formats: What is APA Formatting?Research, Publication, and the APA Style RulesTypes of PublicationsAPA Formatting and Ethical and Legal StandardsModern Language Association and the Chicago Manual of StyleChapter 7: The Academic Research PaperThe Research Writing ProcessConducting ResearchLocating SourcesUse DatabasesEvaluating SourcesHow to Read a Scholarly ArticleWriting a Literature ReviewWriting the EssayWorking and Annotated Bibliographies

Details ISBN1544364555 Author Jennifer M. Allen Pages 160 Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Series The SAGE Guide to Writing in the Social Sciences Year 2020 ISBN-10 1544364555 ISBN-13 9781544364551 Format Paperback Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States Language English UK Release Date 2020-05-07 Publication Date 2020-05-07 NZ Release Date 2020-05-07 US Release Date 2020-05-07 DEWEY 808.0663646 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2020-05-06 We've got this

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