Understanding criminality in the private rented sector and co-producing solutions

了解私人租赁行业的犯罪行为并共同制定解决方案

• 批准号: ES/X001687/1
• 负责人: Julie Rugg
• 金额: $ 105.46万
• 依托单位: University of York
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX001687%2F1
• 关键词: Understanding; criminality; private; rented; sector

In England, a fifth of all households live in the private rented sector. Recent exploratory research in England has identified a 'shadow' private rented sector where activities such as landlord fraud, letting property not designed as residential accommodation, threatening behaviour and violent illegal eviction are commonplace. Tenants at the very bottom end of the rented sector are vulnerable as a consequence of poverty, may well have experiences of street homelessness and/or 'sofa-surfing' that reflect and cause mental health issues, and may have an uncertain migrant status and 'no recourse to public funds' and so are reliant on precarious housing and may be unwilling to engage with statutory authorities. Furthermore, there is evidence that the private rented sector is a site for organised criminal activity including human trafficking, modern slavery and cannabis cultivation. In response to this challenging landscape, the proposed study will: - Undertake a systematic examination of criminal landlord behaviour and links to other criminal activity;- Work with local authorities and the police across Yorkshire and the Humber to explore effective interventions to disrupt criminal behaviours and effect successful prosecutions;- Establish the number of prosecutions for different types of landlord-related crime, examine the obstacles to prosecution; and consider how decisions are made about sentencing; and - Work co-productively with the victims of landlord crime and with third sector organisations to arrive at a better understand of how this type of crime is experienced and the kinds of support that charitable and statutory authorities should seek to develop.The project will bring together academics working in housing, housing enforcement, crime and policing interventions and housing-related prosecutions, across the Universities of York, Sheffield and Teesside. The research will be based in Yorkshire and the Humber and work with local authorities and police forces across four regional districts, as well as a Yorkshire-based housing charity. Elements of the research will be co-productive: that is, academics will work with practitioners within local authorities, the police and the criminal justice system. The study will also use co-production methods to work with victimized tenants to explore their experiences and define routes by which their narratives can be presented to relevant stakeholder audiences to help shape best practice guidance. The research aims to ensure that findings and recommendations are relevant and lead directly to improved policing interventions. Project advisory group members will include senior civil servants, relevant professional bodies and training agencies, and from the outset the project will explore ways to ensure that learning is disseminated nationally.

在英国，五分之一的家庭住在私人租赁部门。最近在英格兰进行的探索性研究发现了一个“影子”私人租赁行业，在那里，房东欺诈、出租非住宅用途的房产、威胁行为和暴力非法驱逐等活动司空见惯。由于贫困，处于租赁行业最底层的租户很容易受到伤害，他们很可能有街头无家可归和/或“沙发冲浪”的经历，这反映并导致了心理健康问题，他们可能有不确定的移民身份，“无法求助于公共资金”，因此依赖于不稳定的住房，可能不愿与法定当局接触。此外，有证据表明，私人租赁部门是有组织犯罪活动的场所，包括人口贩运、现代奴隶制和大麻种植。针对这一充满挑战的情况，建议的研究将：-对房东的犯罪行为及其与其他犯罪活动的联系进行系统研究；-与约克郡和亨伯地区的地方当局和警察合作，探索有效的干预措施，以破坏犯罪行为并成功起诉；-确定对不同类型的与房东有关的犯罪的起诉数目，审查起诉的障碍；并考虑如何做出有关量刑的决定；-与房东罪行的受害者及第三部门机构合作，增进对这类罪行的了解，以及慈善机构和法定机构应寻求发展的支持。该项目将汇集约克大学、谢菲尔德大学和提赛德大学在住房、住房执法、犯罪和警务干预以及住房相关起诉方面的学者。这项研究将在约克郡和亨伯郡进行，并与四个地区的地方当局和警察部队以及约克郡的一家住房慈善机构合作。该研究的要素将是共同产生的：也就是说，学者将与地方当局、警察和刑事司法系统内的从业人员合作。该研究还将采用联合制作的方法与受害租户合作，探索他们的经历，并确定将他们的叙述呈现给相关利益相关者受众的途径，以帮助形成最佳实践指导。这项研究的目的是确保调查结果和建议具有相关性，并直接导致警务干预措施的改进。项目咨询小组成员将包括高级公务员、有关专业团体和培训机构，项目从一开始就将探讨如何确保在全国传播学习成果。