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Here are some examples of APA References:
Scholarly Journal Article
Stringer, E. C., & Murphy, J. (2020). Major decisions and career attractiveness among criminal justice students. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 31(4), 523-541. doi: 10.1177/1557085113504450
Book
Russell, B. (2010). Battered woman syndrome as a legal defense: History, effectiveness and implications. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Conference Paper
Murphy, J. (2014). “Students as educational mentors in a local prison.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR.
Government Publications
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. (2021, Nov. 2). Intimate partner violence: Prevention strategies. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/prevention.html
Law
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974, 42 USC §§5101-5106.
Court Case
Blystone v. Pennsylvania, 494 U.S. (1990).
Web Site
To cite an entire web site, you can give the web address in only the text:
NDCI offers reports, statistics, and books about the nation's drug courts (http://www.ndci.org/).
To cite a specific page:
Meyer, W.G. (2015). Constitutional and other legal issues in drug court. In National Drug Court Institute. Retrieved July 23, 2015, from http://www.ndci.org/law
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