How Prevalent is Contract Cheating and to What Extent are Students Repeat Offenders?

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 115-124

  Curtis, Guy J ^a   Clare, Joseph ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Contract cheating; Ghostwriting; Plagiarism; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018469296     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-017-9278-x     Document Type: Article

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