Fig. 2

Gender categorization of sentenced students’ responses in disciplinary board protocols from three Swedish universities: i did not understand the rules, ii denies intent to cheat, iii admits to cheating. Female students are overrepresented in category (i) and (ii) and underrepresented in category (iii). Since the possibly not guilty students are to be found in categories (i) and (ii), this finding suggests that possibly female students are at a higher risk than male students of being falsely convicted or that someone in category (iii) is not guilty but has falsely confessed