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How to Cite the UCR

The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is a compendium of crime statistics for the United States that is compiled and published on the Internet by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). If you use information from the UCR to write your paper, you must include the page you used in a reference list at the end of your paper. The exact format will vary, depending on whether you are using Chicago Manual of Style, American Psychological Association or Modern Language Association guidelines.

Instructions

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  Format your citation in the following general format if you are following Chicago Manual of Style guidelines:
  
  Author. "Title." Name of website in Italics. Last modified Month Day, Year. URL.
  
  For example:
  
  Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Hate Crime Statistics, 2007." FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Last modified January 19, 2010. http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/index.html.
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  Format your citation in the following general format if you are following American Psychological Association guidelines:
  
  Author. (Year, Month Day of Publication). "Title." Retrieved from URL
  
  For example:
  
  Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2010, January 19). "Hate Crime Statistics, 2007." Retrieved from http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/index.html
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  Format your citation in the following general format if you are following Modern Language Association guidelines:
  
  Author. "Title." Name of website in Italics. Publisher, Day Mon. Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Day Mon. Year of Access. <URL>.
  
  For example:
  
  Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Hate Crime Statistics, 2007." FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 19 Jan. 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2011. <http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/index.html>.

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