INTERVIEWING (MORE FOLLOWS ON EACH)
TAKING NOTES
WRITING THE REPORT
PROOFREADING YOUR REPORT
INTERVIEWING
ESTABLISH RAPPORT (MORE ON EACH)
ASK OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
DON�T WRITE YET
LET THEM TALK
ESTABLISH RAPPORT
GETTING TO THE POINT IS NOT ALWAYS SMART
ASK, DON�T DEMAND ANYTHING
EXPLAIN YOUR NEED TO ASKING QUESTIONS
ASK OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
�WHAT KIND OF WEAPON DID HE HAVE?� IMPLIES THERE WAS A WEAPON
�WAS THERE ANYTHING IN HIS HANDS?� IS OPEN-ENDED
DON�T WRITE YET
LET PEOPLE TELL THEIR STORIES ONCE WITHOUT TAKING NOTES
THEN GO OVER THEIR STORIES WHILE TAKING NOTES
NOTE DISCREPANCIES
LET THEM TALK
GOOD INTERVIEWERS SAY LITTLE
VICTIMS USUALLY WANT TO TALK
SOMETIMES SUSPECTS DO TOO
TAKING INTERVIEW NOTES
TAKEN TO REFRESH MEMORY
BETTER THAN MEMORY ALONE
MINIMIZE THE NEED TO RE-INTERVIEW
TAKING CRIME SCENE NOTES
SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS UPON ARRIVAL
A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ACTIONS
IDENTIFYING, HANDLING EVIDENCE
ANY OTHER PERTINENT OBSERVATIONS
CONTENTS OF NOTES
SUSPECT(S) INFO
VICTIM(S) INFO
WITNESS(ES) INFO
DATE/TIME OF OCCURRENCE
OTHER PERTINENT INFO
WRITING THE REPORT
CHRONOLOGY (MORE ON EACH FOLLOWS)
PARAGRAPHING
OVERALL CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY
OUTLINE EVENTS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HAPPENED TO YOU
WITHIN THE STATEMENTS OF OTHERS, PLACE EVENTS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HAPPENED TO THEM
PARAGRAPHING
THE STATEMENT OF EACH PERSON GETS ITS OWN PARAGRAPH
THE ORDER OF THE PARAGRAPHS IS DETERMINED BY THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE EVENTS
YOUR OBS/ACTS IN SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS
A SIGNIFICANT BREAK MEANS MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS OF THE SAME KIND
SKIP A SPACE BETWEEN TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS
OVERALL CONTENTS
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
HOW
PROOFREADING YOUR REPORT
CHECK FOR THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD REPORT (MORE FOLLOWS)
GOOD REPORT CHARACTERISTICS
ACCURACY (MORE FOLLOWS ON EACH)
CONCISENESS
CLARITY
LEGIBILITY
CORRECT GRAMMAR
CORRECT SPELLING
COMPLETENESS
ACCURACY
FIRST PERSON
PAST TENSE
SPECIFIC NOUNS
PROPER PUNCTUATION
MODIFIER REFERENCE
CONCISENESS
ACTIVE VOICE
WORD CHOICES
WRITE EVERYTHING WHICH APPEARS TO BE PERTINENT AT THE TIME AND THEN STOP
CLARITY
PROPER COMPARATIVE MODIFIERS
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
PRONOUN-ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
PARAGRAPHING
ELIMINATE JARGON/SLANG EXCEPT AS NECESSARY
LEGIBILITY
CAPITAL LETTERS
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN �O� AND �0�
DISTIGUISH BETWEEN �Z� AND �2�
DISTIGUISH BETWEEN �I� AND �1�
CORRECT GRAMMAR
EASIEST THROUGH COMPLETE BUT SHORT SENTENCES
CORRECT SPELLING
USE COMMON WORDS
USE A DICTIONARY
DON�T RELY ON SPELL CHECKERS
COMPLETENESS
WHO, WHAT WHERE, WHEN, WHY AND HOW