1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911136816803321

Autore

Woodward Christopher

Titolo

Using computers in architectural practice / / Christopher Woodward and Jaki Howes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : E&FN Spon, c1997

ISBN

1-135-81691-3

1-135-81692-1

1-280-14875-6

0-203-98946-5

9780203989463

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HowesJaki

Disciplina

720.285

720/.285

Soggetti

Architecture - Data processing

Architectural design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Getting started; 2 Office and job management; 3 Drawing, modelling and visualization; 4 Networks and communications; 5 Futures; Appendix A Glossary; Appendix B A selection of software and suppliers; Further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a concise introduction for small and medium sized architectural practices considering introducing computers or using them more widely.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911135559803321

Autore

Johnson Paula C

Titolo

Inner lives : voices of African American women in prison / / Paula C. Johnson ; with a foreword by Joyce A. Logan and an afterword by Angela J. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8147-4385-4

0-8147-4329-3

1-4175-8825-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Disciplina

365/.43/08996073

Soggetti

Women prisoners - United States

African American prisoners

Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-333) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword by Joyce A. Logan; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; IAnalysis of African American Women's Experiences in the U.S. Criminal Justice System; II Profiles and Narratives of African American Women in the U.S. Criminal Justice System; A Currently Incarcerated Women; 1 DonAlda; 2 Cynthia; 3 Mamie; 4 Elizabeth; 5 Rae Ann; 6 Donna; 7 Martha; 8 Marilyn; B Formerly Incarcerated Women; 9 Bettie Gibson; 10 Joyce Ann Brown; 11 Betty Tyson; 12 Karen Michelle Blakney; 13 Ida P. McCray; 14 Millicent Pierce; 15 Joyce A. Logan; 16 Donna Hubbard Spearman

C Criminal Justice Officials and Support Networks17 Judge Juanita Bing Newton; 18 Assistant Warden Gerald Clay; 19 Grace House Administrators: Rochelle Bowles,Mary Dolan, Annie González, and Kathy Nolan; 20 Sandra Barnhill, Director,Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers (AIM); 21 Rhodessa Jones, Director, Medea Theater Project; 22 Professor Brenda V. Smith; 23 A Family Story: Renay, Judy, Debbie, and Kito; III Conclusions and Recommendations; Afterword by Angela J. Davis; Appendix A: Self-Study Course on African American Women's History; Appendix B: Resource Directory; Notes; Bibliography



IndexAbout the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The rate of women entering prison has increased nearly 400 percent since 1980, with African American women constituting the largest percentage of this population. However, despite their extremely disproportional representation in correctional institutions, little attention has been paid to their experiences within the criminal justice system. Inner Lives provides readers the rare opportunity to intimately connect with African American women prisoners. By presenting the women's stories in their own voices, Paula C. Johnson captures the reality of those who are in the system, and those who are w