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Architecture and Hope

Laurie Taylor explores the architecture and design of prisons and shelters for homeless people with Yvonne Jewkes and Lynne McNordie.

Yvonne Jewkes, Professor of Criminology at the University of Bath, talks to Laurie Taylor about the design of prisons and the importance of an architecture of hope which nurtures the possibility of rehabilitation, from Limerick to Norway. They’re joined by Lynne McMordie, Research Associate at the Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research at Heriot-Watt University, whose research suggests that the congregate nature of hostels and shelters for homeless people often compound the problems of residents, rather than providing a safe space or route to secure housing.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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28 minutes

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Sun 6 Oct 2024 06:05

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Guests and further reading

- , Professor of Criminology at the University of Bath
An Architecture of Hope: Reimagining the prison, Restoring a house, Rebuilding myself (Scribe UK)
- , Research Associate at the Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research at Heriot-Watt University

Book Chapter : ‘Controlling Homeless Populations? The case of congregate hostels and  shelters’ (co-authored with Suzanne Fitzpatrick) in Research Handbook on Homelessness Edited by Guy Johnson, Dennis Culhane, Suzanne Fitzpatrick,  Stephen Metraux  and  Eoin O’Sullivan (Edward Elgar Publishing)

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  • Tue 1 Oct 2024 15:30
  • Sun 6 Oct 2024 06:05

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