Does the adoption of plagiarism-detection software in higher education reduce plagiarism?

Teaching International Students How to Avoid Plagiarism: Librarians and Faculty in Collaboration

“…Anti-plagiarism-detection software is widely used in higher education as a response to d ' pl gi i m. Although the tool is undoubtedly useful, it does not solve the problem, and can be applied just as a support for educational efforts aimed at reducing the problem (Youmans, 2011). According to McCuen (2008), it is common to include ethics education programs as a response to incidents of unethical behavior, but in the case of this RM course, ethics education was integrated into the course to prevent the occurrence.…”

The ethics and politics of policing plagiarism: a qualitative study of faculty views on student plagiarism and Turnitin®

“…Although some studies have found the software to be of limited value as a deterrent (Walker 2010;Youmans 2011), most have shown the opposite (e.g. Buckley and Cowap 2013;Heckler, Rice, and Hobson Bryan 2013;Stapleton 2012).…”

Contract cheating in UK higher education: A covert investigation of essay mills

“…In all its forms, academic misconduct represents a threat to the integrity of any students involved (Mahmood, ; McCabe et al ., ) and to the institutions in which it takes place (Park, ). Perhaps most prominent in previous literature around academic integrity and misconduct is the issue of student plagiarism, which involves copying some or all of the work of another without crediting the original source (Page, ; Youmans, ). A form of academic misconduct related to student plagiarism is ‘contract cheating’ (Clarke & Lancaster, ; Mahmood, ; Walker & Townley, ; Rigby et al ., ; Clare et al ., ; Rogerson, ).…”