SENTENCE OUTLINEI. Plagiarism is a critical problem in US and UK academic institutions.A. The growth of the Internet has accelerated its widespread diffusion.B. Plagiarism is considered an academic crime.II. Plagiarism comes in many forms.A. Use ideas posted by others as if they were your own.B. Represent images or extracts from books, diaries as your own work.C. Collaboration in tasks that require individual commitment.D. Representation of a previous work as a new work.III. Anti-plagiarism policies.A. Dissemination of policy guidelines to students and tutors.B. Setting formal measures to manage disparate levels and contexts of plagiarism.C. Providing citation skills to students.D. Providing supportive feedback to the student when plagiarism is found.E. Assigning the responsibility to address plagiarism to the senior tutor.III. The severity of sanctions for plagiarism depends on the form of plagiarism.A. Sanctions imposed by teachers.1. Lowering the grade on an assignment.2. Give a failing grade on the entire assignment.3. Lowering the course grade.4. Give a failing grade to the entire course.B. Sanctions imposed by the institution's administration.1. Reprimand the student through official writing.2. Loss of privileges.3. Compensation for damage or loss of property.4. Suspension of student status.5. Dismissal of the student.IV. Plagiarism deserves severe sanctions.A. Copyright theft is compared to conventional property theft.B. The sanction should however be comparable to the form of the violation.C. The student's intentions should also be perceived. INTRODUCTION The effects of plagiarism on US and UK academic institutions are far-reaching... middle of paper... nothing. January 25, 2005. January 1, 2010.Crème, P. and Lee, R. Writing at University: A Guide for Students. 2nd ed. Maidenhead:Open University Press, 2003.Fitzpatrick, Jane. A code of honesty. September 17, 2003. January 1, 2010.Park, Chris. “Rebels Without a Clause: Toward an Institutional Framework for Addressing Student Plagiarism,” Journal of Further and Higher Education 28.3 (2004): 291-306. "Plagiarism Policy & Anti-Plagiarism Strategy" National Extension College. June 2, 2009.January 1, 2010. Sutherland, Smith W. “Pandora's Box, Academic Perceptions of Student Plagiarism in Writing.” Journal of English for academic purposes 4.1 (2005): 83 – 95.