Use the links below to view examples of American Sociological Association (ASA) Citation Style:
Books (ASA Style, 5th Edition)
Print book example:
Gunter, Anthony. 2017. Race, Gangs and Youth Violence: Policy, Prevention and Policing. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Online book example:
Godfrey, Barry, and Graeme Dunstall. 2013. Crime and Empire 1840-1940. Uffculme, GB:
Taylor and Francis. Retrieved April 4, 2018 (https://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_ebrary_pqebrary10306205&context=PC&vid=WOU&search_scope=everything&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US).
Journal Articles (ASA Style, 5th Edition)
Print journal article example:
Page, Randy M., and Jon Hammermeister. 1997. "Weapon-Carrying and Youth Violence." Adolescence 32(127):505-13.
Online journal article example with doi:
Koper, Christopher S. 2014. "Crime Gun Risk Factors: Buyer, Seller, Firearm, and Transaction Characteristics Associated with Gun Trafficking and Criminal Gun use." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 30(2):285-315.
doi:10.1007/s10940-013-9204-3.
Online journal article example without doi:
Johnson, Lee M., Todd L. Matthews, David Jenks, and Christy W. Bass. 2013. "Juvenile Gun
Ownership in the USA: Current Knowledge and Future Directions." International Journal
of Criminal Justice Sciences 8(2):133-152. Retrieved April 4, 2018
(https://wou.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview
Websites (ASA Style, 5th Edition)
Document retrieved from an institution with a known location:
Puzzanchera, Charles, and Samantha Ehrmann. 2018. “Spotlight on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System.” Washington DC: National Center for Juvenile Justice. Retrieved April 5, 2018
(http://www.ncjj.org/pdf/Data%20snapshots%202016/DataSnapshot_
Document retrieved from an institution with a known location (no date):
United States Department of Justice. “Perceived Use of Excessive Force: Addressing Community Relations Tensions.” Washington DC: United States Department of Justice. Retrieved April 4, 2018 (https://www.justice.gov/crs/file/627811/download).
Document retrieved from an institution with no known location:
IBM. 2008. "2008 Annual Report." Retrieved January 25, 2011 (ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/annualreport/2008/2008_ibm_annual.pdf).
Visit the library's American Sociological Association's (ASA) Style Guide to get quick information about using ASA format.
The page also has an ASA Generator to help build ASA Citations.
The library has a print copy of the ASA Citation Style Guide (5th edition).