There’s regulatory crime, and then there’s landlord crime: from ‘Rachmanites’ to ‘partners’

Cowan, Dave ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9750-8262 and Marsh, Alex 2000. There’s regulatory crime, and then there’s landlord crime: from ‘Rachmanites’ to ‘partners’. Modern Law Review 64 (6) , pp. 855-874. 10.1111/1468-2230.00355

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0026-7961
Last Modified:	21 Jun 2023 08:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159289

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