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APA 7th Referencing

American Psychological Association, 7th edition

Coroner report format

Reference elements

Annotated example of a coroner report reference

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

... (Coroner, Year)

OR

Coroner (Year) ...

... was noted as part of the inquest (Giles, 2024).

OR

Giles (2024) noted as part of the inquest ...

Quote

"..." (Coroner, Year, s. xx)

OR

Coroner (Year) "..." (s. xx)

"... the death occurred in the context of a number of complicating factors ..." (Giles, 2024, s. 57).

OR

Coroner Giles (2024) concluded "... the death occurred in the context of a number of complicating factors ..." (s. 57).

 

References

  Format Example
Coroner report with case id.

Coroner, A. A. (Year). Title of report (Case id. COR XXXX XXXXXX). Court Name. https://xxxxxx

Giles, I. (2024). Inquest into the death of Vincenzo Lobosco (Case id. COR 2022 003460). Coroners Court of Victoria. https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/COR%202022%20003460%20Form%2037-Finding%20into%20Death%20Following%20Inquest.pdf

 

Coroner report with file no.

Coroner, A. A. (Year). Title of report (File no. XXXX/XXXXXX). Court Name. https://xxxxxx

Pearce, K. (2024). Inquest into the death of Denis Ives (File no. 2022/00047320). Coroners Court of New South Wales. https://coroners.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/dcj/ctsd/coronerscourt/documents/findings/2024/Inquest_into_the_death_of_Denis_Ives.pdf

Note:
  • Write the case id. or file no. as it is given in the source (each jurisdiction may differ in the format they use).
    For example, the file no. in NSW is formatted as YYYY/XXXXXX (e.g. 2022/00047320) but in WA it is CORC XX of YYYY (e.g. CORC 104 of 2019).