Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 27, No. 3
Issue: Summer 1996
Pages: 195-200
Author(s): Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. (The University of Southern Mississippi)
Address (Principal Author):Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., Department of Economics and Business Research, The University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5072, USM Station, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5072, (601) 266-5083
Internet Address (Principal Author): mixon@cba.usm.edu
Title: Crime in the Classroom: An Extension
Abstract: Several studies in the economics literature have drawn an analogy between classroom cheating and the crime of theft, and many have examined the statistical determinants of classroom cheating. This article, however, examines the determinants of habitual cheating behavior and finds that such behavior is inversely related with GPA, but positively related with having seen others cheat, and associating oneself with individuals who routinely cheat on exams and/or written work. Student expectations of penalties are also important in some versions of the model. These findings represent useful extensions of previous research on crime in the classroom.