The London Spikes Controversy: Homelessness, Urban Securitisation and the Question of ‘Hostile Architecture’
<p class="AbstractTxt">This article examines an ostensibly new feature of the securitised urban landscape: ‘hostile architecture’. Following controversy in 2014 London over ‘anti-homeless spikes’– metal studs implanted at ground level designed to discourage the homeless from sleeping...
Main Author: | James Petty |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Queensland University of Technology
2016-03-01
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Series: | International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy |
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Online Access: | https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/286 |
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