What Can We Learn from Measuring Crime When Looking to Quantify the Prevalence and Incidence of Contract Cheating?

Joe Clare; Kiata Rundle

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12680-2_2

What Can We Learn from Measuring Crime When Looking to Quantify the Prevalence and Incidence of Contract Cheating?

Joe Clare, Kiata Rundle

UWA Law School

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

Developing effective contract cheating detection and prevention strategies depends on accurate measurement. The variety of measurement methods in research has resulted in large variation in estimates of contract cheating prevalence and incidence. Criminology has resolved similar measurement issues by triangulating multiple, imperfect datasets (e.g., victim surveys and police records) to quantify crime and expose the ‘dark figure of crime’ (the volume of crime not officially recorded by justice agencies). This chapter critiques the methods used to measure contract cheating, draws parallels with approaches to measuring crime, and highlights lessons for contract cheating assessment that can be learned from measuring crime. We argue for increased use of mixed-methods and data triangulation in contract cheating research to assist the development and evaluation of detection and prevention strategies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contract Cheating in Higher Education
Subtitle of host publication	Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy
Editors	Sarah Elaine Eaton, Guy J. Curtis, Brenda M. Stoesz, Joseph Clare, Kiata Rundle, Josh Seeland
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	2
Pages	15-28
Number of pages	14
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-12680-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-12679-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12680-2_2
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2022

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Contract Cheating in Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy
Eaton, S. E. (ed.), Curtis, G. (ed.), Stoesz, B. (ed.), Clare, J. (ed.), Rundle, K. (ed.) & Seeland, J. (ed.), 31 Oct 2022, 1 ed. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 318 p.
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Clare, J., & Rundle, K. (2022). What Can We Learn from Measuring Crime When Looking to Quantify the Prevalence and Incidence of Contract Cheating? In S. E. Eaton, G. J. Curtis, B. M. Stoesz, J. Clare, K. Rundle, & J. Seeland (Eds.), Contract Cheating in Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy (1 ed., pp. 15-28). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12680-2_2

Clare, Joe ; Rundle, Kiata. / What Can We Learn from Measuring Crime When Looking to Quantify the Prevalence and Incidence of Contract Cheating?. Contract Cheating in Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy. editor / Sarah Elaine Eaton ; Guy J. Curtis ; Brenda M. Stoesz ; Joseph Clare ; Kiata Rundle ; Josh Seeland. 1. ed. Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. pp. 15-28

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Clare, J & Rundle, K 2022, What Can We Learn from Measuring Crime When Looking to Quantify the Prevalence and Incidence of Contract Cheating? in SE Eaton, GJ Curtis, BM Stoesz, J Clare, K Rundle & J Seeland (eds), Contract Cheating in Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy. 1 edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, pp. 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12680-2_2

What Can We Learn from Measuring Crime When Looking to Quantify the Prevalence and Incidence of Contract Cheating? / Clare, Joe; Rundle, Kiata.

Contract Cheating in Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy. ed. / Sarah Elaine Eaton; Guy J. Curtis; Brenda M. Stoesz; Joseph Clare; Kiata Rundle; Josh Seeland. 1. ed. Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 15-28.