Harvard Style (AGPS) for Criminology

Acknowledging Sources

"To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use another person's work. This means that whenever you use information obtained from another source including ideas, examples, theories or opinions, you must give a full reference to that source."

Language and Learning Skills Unit's Referencing Guide Acknowledging Sources

This guide: is sourced from the recommendations at the Criminology Department's A Guide to Essay Writing - "The Harvard Style of in-text referencing is the only acceptable referencing method to be adopted in this unit."

The Harvard system is commonly known as an Author/Date style, (it is not a footnote style, however Criminology use footnotes to provide extra information to the main text.) Cited references are:

• referred to in the text
• listed in a reference list at the end of the text.

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Further information: Snooks & Co. Style manual for authors, editors and printers (rev. 6th ed.) Milton, Qld: John Wiley and Sons. [Catalogue entry]