Writing Alone or Together: Police Officers’ Collaborative Reports of an Incident

After witnessing an incident, police officers may write their report collaboratively. We examined how collaboration influences the amount and accuracy of information in police reports. Eighty-six police officers participated, in pairs, in a live training scenario. Officers wrote a report about the i...

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Authors: Vredeveldt, Annelies (Author) ; Kesteloo, Linda (Author) ; Koppen, Peter J. van (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2018]
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2018, Volume: 45, Issue: 7, Pages: 1071-1092
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