Week 6 Discussion

Resources Used to Summarize Information

Have you ever sat in a meeting at work, a lecture at school, or
watched a political speech on TV where the speaker was going on and on?
You tried your best to stay awake, and wished that the speaker would
just get to the point. This scenario illustrates the necessity of
utilizing effective summary techniques. In order to be a successful
communicator you need to be credible, and in order to be credible, your
audience has to stay with you long enough to get to the point. Thus,
the ability to summarize is so important.

There are numerous resources available from which to gather
information within the field of criminal justice. Books, experiments,
case studies, case files, police and investigative reports, published
studies, academic and professional books are typically-used
summarization resources at your disposal in the criminal justice field.
Consulting these summarization resources may enable you to gain
knowledge about a particular topic in short order.

Reflect on which sources you think might be most important. Select
two types of summarization resources (e.g., case studies, police
reports, case files, articles) that might be applicable to your
position in criminal justice.

For this Discussion, consider your current role in criminal justice
or a criminal justice role in which you might be interested. In
addition, examine two types of summarization resources that might be
applicable to you in that role and explain how each might be used.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 a description of your current role in
criminal justice or a criminal justice role in which you might be
interested. Describe two types of summarization resources that might be
applicable to you in that role and explain how each might be used.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Week 6 Learning Resources

This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to
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Resources.

Required Resources

Readings

• Johnson, W. A., Rettig, R. P., Scott, G. M., & Garrison, S. M. (2015). The criminal justice student writer’s manual (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
  • Chapter 6 “Organizing the Research Process”
  • Chapter 7 “Information Sources”

Please proceed to the Discussion.