There’s Regulatory Crime, and then there’s Landlord Crime

From ‘Rachmanites’ to ‘Partners’

Bibliographic Data

ID9196815
AuthorsD Cowan (0000-0001-9750-8262, University of Bristol), Alex Marsh (0000-0003-2807-3765, University of Bristol)
Year2001
Volume64
Issue6
Pages855-874
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern Law Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-7961 • E-ISSN: 1468-2230
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2230.00355
OpenAlexW2002050492
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This article considers local authority strategies towards the regulation and prosecution of private landlords who commit the criminal offences of unlawful eviction and harassment. Generally, local authorities operate compliance‐based strategies, rarely (if ever) resorting to prosecution. In seeking to explain this approach, the article draws upon the literature concerning regulatory crime, but also distinguishes local authority responses to landlord crime from regulatory crime as more typically conceived. Broadly, it is argued that, while there are clear parallels with other areas of regulatory activity, there is much that is different about landlord crime, particularly as a result of central government strategies towards the private rented sector, the legislative background to landlord crime, and the motivations behind local approaches to regulation

Business · Commit · Criminology · Economics · Eviction · Government (linguistics) · Landlord · Law and economics · Legislature · Parallels · Political science · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law

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