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Beating the House: How Inadequate Penalties for Cheating Make Plagiarism an Excellent Gamble

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2004

Matthew C. Woessner
Affiliation:
Penn State, Harrisburg

Abstract

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The Teacher
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© 2004 by the American Political Science Association

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