NCJ Number
143025
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Education Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1993) Pages: 65-78
Date Published
1993
Length
14 pages
Annotation
Both attitudes about cheating and the self-reported cheating practices of 639 undergraduate students were examined to determine differences between criminal justice majors and noncriminal justice majors.
Abstract
The data show that many types of behavior traditionally defined cheating are no longer regarded as such. No practical difference emerged between the overall perceptions of cheating among criminal justice majors and other students. Criminal justice majors were more likely than noncriminal justice majors to classify 25 of the 31 scenarios (80.7 percent) as cheating, but only four of those differences were statistically significant. There was no appreciable difference between self-reported college career cheating by criminal justice majors and by nonmajors with respect to the 31 scenarios. 1 figure, 7 tables, and 15 references