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Assignment | Criminology Final Project (Johnson): APA Style

CRIJ 1307 | Prof. Jermaine Johnson (Fall 2021)

Example Citations

Basic Template:

Author, F. (YYYY). Title of the article: Capitalized like a sentence. Name of Publication, vol#(issue#), p-p. https://doi.org/10....

Example:

Tonry, M. (2010). The social, psychological, and political causes of racial disparities in the American criminal justice system. Crime and Justice, 39(1), 273–312. https://doi.org/10.1086/653045

Parenthetical citation: (Tonry, 2010). (Tonry, 2010, p. 275).

Notes:

  • Author's first initial only is given -- not the full name.
  • Article title written like a sentence: mostly lower case letters
    • This is a common issue you'll have to fix with premade citations!
  • Italicize the publication and the volume number.

Alexander, M. (2020). The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness (Tenth anniversary ed.). The New Press.

Parenthetical citation: (Alexander, 2020). (Alexander, 2020, p. 78).

Notes:

  • Author's first initial only is given -- not the full name.
  • Book title (italicized) written like a sentence: mostly lower case letters
    • Jim Crow stayed capitalized since it's a proper noun
  • Edition info, if needed, is not italicized.
  • We don't need any special info marking this as an e-book since it came from a library database!

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