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Seconary Referencing

Secondary referencing is also called 'citing a source within a source'.

If you would like to refer to some information you are reading about in a secondary source, use the following example to guide your referencing.

Example:
There is a quote by Briody 2005, p.35, discussed on page 144 of a book called Contemporary Police Practice by Jacqueline Drew and Tim Prenzler. I don't have the original work by Briody but am reading about it in the Drew & Prenzler book. I would like to include the quote in my assignment and this is how to reference it:

In-text:
'The first completed case in Australia involving DNA evidence occurred in the Australian Capital Territory in 1989' (Briody cited in Drew & Prenzler 2015, p. 144)
OR 
Briody stated that 'The first completed case in Australia involving DNA evidence occurred in the Australian Capital Territory in 1989' (Drew & Prenzler 2015, p. 144)

Reference List:
Drew, J & Prenzler, J 2015, Contemporary police practice, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne.

 

Secondary referencing/citing a source within a source is explained on pages 9-10 of the NCPS Author-Date Referencing Guide.

 

Edited Book:
A quote by Finnane 1994 p.15, is included on page 378 of a book called Crime and justice: a guide to criminology, 5th edn. 
Chapter author: Darren Palmer
Book Editors: Darren Palmer, Willen De Lint & Derek Dalton. 
I don't have the original work by Finnane but am reading it in the chapter by Darren Palmer. I would like to include the quote in my assignment and this is how to reference it:

In-text:
'The control of police was from the earliest moment vested in the Governor' (Finnane cited in Palmer 2017, p.378)
OR
Finnane noted that 'The control of police was from the earliest moment vested in the Governor' (Palmer 2017, p.378)

Reference List:
Palmer, D 2017, 'Police and policing', in D Palmer, W De Lint & Dalton (eds) 2017, Crime and justice: a guide to criminology, 5th edn, Lawbook Co., Pyrmont, NSW, pp. 377-404.