Pay the rent or face arrest
Subtitle: abusive impacts of Arkansas's draconian evictions law
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9781564329820
Subjects: Eviction; Rental housing; Law and legislation; Landlord and tenant; Human rights
Other titles: Abusive impacts of Arkansas's draconian evictions law; United States :
Description: "This 44-page report tells the stories of Arkansas tenants who were dragged into criminal court for transgressions that would not be a crime in any other US state. Other tenants who did not violate the law have faced charges because prosecutors acted on specious claims by landlords. Several of the tenants interviewed for this report were confronted at home or at work by police officers who had warrants for their arrest. One woman was berated in open court by a district judge, who compared her to a bank robber"--Publisher's website.
Notes: "This report was researched and written by Chris Albin-Lackey ..."-- Page 44.

"February 2013"--Table of contents page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available from the Human Rights Watch Web site.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Recommendations; title: Methodology; title: Background : landlord-tenant law in Arkansas; title: The crime of not paying rent; title: An abusive law; title: Bad drafting and inconsistent application; title: Criminalizing economic hardship; title: Violations of legal and human rights norms; title: Fixing the law; title: Acknowledgements.