Information technology support for communities of practice: How public defenders learn about winning and losing in court

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-87

  Hara, Noriko ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT PERFORMANCE; ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC DEFENDERS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33845989884     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20445     Document Type: Article

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