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Monitoring Costs and Tolerance Levels for Classroom Cheating
Author(s) -
Galles Gary,
Graves Philip E.,
Sexton Robert L.,
Walton Surrey M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/1536-7150.00242
Subject(s) - cheating , sanctions , medical prescription , business , political science , psychology , law , social psychology , medicine , pharmacology
A BSTRACT . The amount of cheating and plagiarism on college campuses has become an increasingly important topic. The usual policy prescription to this type of problem is to step up monitoring efforts. However, this is difficult and costly. An alternative strategy is to substitute tougher and consistent sanctions for cheating and plagiarism.