scholarly journals Out of Control!? How Loss of Self-Control Influences Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Power and Moral Values

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e0126377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Joosten ◽  
Marius van Dijke ◽  
Alain Van Hiel ◽  
David De Cremer
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Loss Of Self

scholarly journals Recognising the Role of the Emotion of Fear in Offences and Defences

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 450-472
Author(s):  
Susan SM Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Mens Rea ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Loss Of Self ◽  
Human Conduct ◽  
Privileged Status ◽  
Actus Reus ◽  
Male Experience

Anger, its part in human conduct and in crime commission has been much discussed and accorded a privileged status within the law, while the role of fear has been less considered. Notwithstanding, fear and related emotional states have received some recognition as intrinsic elements of the perpetrator’s object integral to the actus reus of certain offences and relevant to the defendant’s mens rea of some defences. The harm caused by deliberately or negligently instilling fear in another is inconsistently considered in law as is its impact on criminal responsibility and mens rea. Fear has been recently acknowledged as a permissible cause of loss of self-control in a partial defence to murder (Coroners and Justice Act 2009 s 55(3)). It remains a contested emotion and as with anger the male experience of what circumstances trigger fear predominates.

The Doctrine of Provocation

1976 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Ashworth
Keyword(s):  
Self Control ◽  
Reasonable Doubt ◽  
Perceived Injustice ◽  
Sudden Loss ◽  
Loss Of Self ◽  
Objective Standard ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
English Law

In English law the defence of provocation operates to reduce to manslaughter a killing which would otherwise be murder. The defence is not available on any charge other than murder: provocation is generally regarded as a matter which goes in mitigation of sentence, being insufficiently fundamental to qualify as a complete defence. Even in murder cases the defence ought only to succeed where the jury is left in reasonable doubt that the accused killed during a sudden loss of self-control caused by provocation which was enough to make a reasonable man do as he did, a test which has been criticised as unduly restrictive. The objective standard, embodied in the requirement “enough to make a reasonable man do as he did,” has attracted almost unremitting criticism from the writers. What function is the objective standard intended to perform? Does it perform this function successfully? In searching for the answers to these questions, the two factors isolated by Aristotle—the role of the provoker in causing the incident and the role of perceived injustice in weakening self-restraint —foreshadow the lines of inquiry.

scholarly journals Toward a better understanding of prosocial behavior: The role of evolution and directed attention

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-264
Author(s):  
Stephen Kaplan ◽  
Raymond De Young
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Directed Attention ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Restrictive Definition ◽  
Evolutionary Interpretation

Rachlin's thought-provoking analysis could be strengthened by greater openness to evolutionary interpretation and the use of the directed attention concept as a component of self-control. His contribution to the understanding of prosocial behavior would also benefit from abandoning the traditional (and excessively restrictive) definition of altruism.

scholarly journals The role of loss of self-control in defences to homicide: a critical analysis of Anglo-Australian developments

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Douglas ◽  
Alan Reed
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Abused Women ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
The Past ◽  
Loss Of Self ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Subject

The provocation defence has been the subject of legislative reform in England and Australia over the past 10 years. In England, it was abolished by section 56 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and replaced with a partial defence of loss of control. In Australia, the provocation defence has been abolished in some states and significantly reformed in others. One of the key challenges for law reform has been how to ensure homicide defences are not overly restrictive for abused women who kill their abuser, while at the same time ensuring that homicide defences are not overly expansive for domestic abusers who ultimately kill their partner. With these challenges in mind, we critically examine the operation of the loss of control defence in England. There has been significant reform to the provocation defence across Australia, and, in this article, we also focus on the most recent reforms in Queensland and New South Wales. We conclude with some suggestions for further reform.

The role of social anxiety in self-control depletion

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndsay Ann Nelson ◽  
Jessica Williamson ◽  
Ginette Cara Blackhart
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Self Control

Abusive Supervision and Supervisor-Directed Aggression: The Role of Self-Control

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiwen Lian ◽  
Douglas J. Brown ◽  
Lindie H. Liang ◽  
Lance Ferris ◽  
Lisa M. Keeping
Keyword(s):  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Self Control
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