SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND RENT-CONTROL VIOLATIONS (FROM WHITECOLLAR CRIME - OFFENSES IN BUSINESS, POLITICS, AND THE PROFESSIONS REV. ED., 1977, BY GILBERT GEIS AND ROBERT F. MEIER - SEE NCJ-40489)

• NCJ Number: 41697
• Author(s): H V BALL
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Free Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY FOCUSES UPON THE LEGAL CONTROLS OF RESIDENTIAL RENTS, THEIR DIFFERENTIAL IMPRESSIONS OF FAIRNESS UPON THE LANDLORDS, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE AND VIOLATIONS OF RENT CEILINGS IN HONOLULU IN 1952.

Abstract

THE STUDY REVEALED THAT OPPOSITION TO THE RENT LAW, AS SUCH, DID NOT APPARENTLY LEAD TO ACTS OF CEILING VIOLATION BY LANDLORDS IN HONOLULU IN 1952. ON THE OTHER HAND, NEW LEGAL RESTRICTIONS PLACED UPON PREVIOUSLY LEGITIMATE WAYS FOR ACHIEVING BUSINESS GOALS, ESPECIALLY PROFITS, IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IN VIOLATIONS. THE PERSISTENT ANTICIPATION AMONG LANDLORDS THAT THE RENT CONTROL WOULD SOON BE ELIMINATED KEPT LANDLORDS FROM LEAVING THE RENTAL BUSINESS. THE PERCEPTION THAT ONE'S TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW WAS UNFAIR, THUS TEMPTING VIOLATION OF THE LAW, APPEARED DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE LAW'S SEVERITY. IT WAS REVEALED THAT 77 PER CENT OF THE RENTAL UNITS IN THE CITY IN 1952 WERE OPERATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO RENT CONTROL AND AN OVERWHELMING BELIEF AMONG LANDLORDS THAT THEY WERE BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY....RCB