There's regulatory crime, and then there's landlord crime: from 'Rachmanites' to 'Partners'
Cowan, D.
There's regulatory crime, and then there's landlord crime: from 'Rachmanites' to 'Partners' - 2001 - Modern Law Review 64(6) November 2001, 831-854(24) .
Discusses local authority strategies towards the regulation and prosecution of private landlords who commit the criminal offences of unlawful harrassment and eviction. It is not usual for local authorities to resort to prosecution as they operate compliance-based strategies. The article attempts to explain this approach and differentiates local authority responses to landlord crime from regulatory crime. Argues that there are clear differences about landlord crime, due to the legislative background; government strategies towards the private rented sector and local approaches to regulation.
REGULATORY CRIME
PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR
PRIVATE LANDLORDS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
UNLAWFUL EVICTION
HARRASSMENT
PROTECTION FROM EVICTION ACT 1977
CRIMINAL OFFENCES
There's regulatory crime, and then there's landlord crime: from 'Rachmanites' to 'Partners' - 2001 - Modern Law Review 64(6) November 2001, 831-854(24) .
Discusses local authority strategies towards the regulation and prosecution of private landlords who commit the criminal offences of unlawful harrassment and eviction. It is not usual for local authorities to resort to prosecution as they operate compliance-based strategies. The article attempts to explain this approach and differentiates local authority responses to landlord crime from regulatory crime. Argues that there are clear differences about landlord crime, due to the legislative background; government strategies towards the private rented sector and local approaches to regulation.
REGULATORY CRIME
PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR
PRIVATE LANDLORDS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
UNLAWFUL EVICTION
HARRASSMENT
PROTECTION FROM EVICTION ACT 1977
CRIMINAL OFFENCES