Intro to Criminal Justice (CRJ 100)

Citations should always contain:

• author name(s)
• publication year
• resource title
• location of resource

Maintain the punctuation of journal titles. 

For example, if a journal is typed as ReCALL, it must be copied exactly the same in your citation.

Martin, S. (June, 2016). Comedy is truly the best medicine: Case study. ReCALL, 5(17), 115-214. doi:0000000/000000000000

Pay special attention to citation punctuation such as quotation marks, periods, commas, etc. 

Basic Citation Examples

Book:

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

Periodicals:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

Electronic Source:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page range. doi:0000000/000000000000 or http://dx.doi.org/10.0000/0000

PDF:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address

Check Out These Resources for More Help!

To access the citation generator in the Criminal Justice Collection: 

• Select an article you want to use for your essay.
• On the right side of the screen you will see a list of options beneath "Tools." 
• Click "Citation Tools."

• A dialog box will appear giving you a drop down box with options for MLA, APA, and Chicago citations.
• Select "APA 6th Edition"
• Copy and paste citation into your Reference List (Choose "Merge Formatting" when pasting to retain italics)

KCTCS Student Code of Conduct (updated effective July 1, 2022) relating to plagiarism:

Standard 1:  KCTCS students are expected to adhere to the highest standards of academic honesty and integrity and to support a campus environment that is conducive to learning and scholarship.
Students may not withdraw from a class to avoid a failing grade received as a result of academic dishonesty or any substantiated accusation of academic dishonesty.

Academic Dishonesty: KCTCS Colleges consider Academic Dishonesty to be a serious issue. The College and its Faculty recognize that students may not fully understand what academic dishonesty means.

1. Violations or attempted violations may include, but are not limited to:  
   • Cheating examples include:
   • Using unauthorized notes, study aids, or information from another student or student’s paper on an in-class, hybrid, or virtual examination or assignment.
   • Trying to gain an advantage by not following the rules or instruction.
2. Plagiarism examples include:
   • Taking the words or specific substance of another and either copying or paraphrasing the work without giving credit to the source.
   • Submitting a term paper, examination, or other work written by someone else.
   • Failing to give credit for ideas, statements of facts, or conclusions borrowed from another by not correctly using required documentation.
3. Fabrication examples include:
   • Submitting work containing data not gathered in accordance with guidelines defining the appropriate methods for collecting or generating data.
   • Failing to include a substantially accurate account of the method by which data were generated or collected.
4. Aiding and Abetting examples include: 
   • Providing material or information to another person with knowledge that these materials or information will be used improperly.
5. Misuse or Student Falsification of Academic Records (including all paper and electronic versions of the partial or complete academic record) examples include:
   • Misusing or the attempted falsification, theft, misrepresentation, or other alteration of any official academic record of the college.