You have been asked to give a presentation to criminal justice students in a bachelor degree program discussing the importance of quality resources in note taking and report writing. The presentation serves to help criminal justice students understand why it is important to consider the types and quality of resources to use when taking notes and writing reports in criminal justice professions. The audience that you will present to are older students with several years of experience from previous careers.

 

Importance of quality resources in note taking and report writing.

A well written report is important as it gives an impression about the officer or the writer of the report that makes it easy for the officer to communicate the important message in the report. A poorly written report may lead to inaccurate portrayal of wrong information and thus affecting the image of the competence level of the writer or even the person the report is about (Davis, 2017). Quality resource in note taking makes it easy for the organization of material that is used to make notes and thus it leads to time saving during the compilation of notes. The time saving concept makes it easy to ensure that most of the information is sourced within the right time for a case (Glater, 2019).

Step-by-step explanation

Timely and accurate source of information makes it easy for better court preparation. It helps one to have confidence and well prepared to prove their cases in courts. A quality source of information makes one to speak logically while arguing cases in courts. It enhances coherence and thus pushing cases to winning (Glater, 2019). Davis, (2017) also adds that a quality source of information also makes it simple for people to identify the truth information of the client. This makes it easy to argue the case without contradiction. In some instances, a well written report with quality resources and the right information, makes it simple for anyone who reads the case report to understand the information that is being passed from one person to another and thus it is not always necessary for the officers to report to the court sessions. This is because a judge can read out the case written by a criminal lawyer and be able to understand the point of view of the lawyer without necessarily having the physical appearance (Mueller & Oppenheimer, 2016).