A Comparison of Self-Control from the Perspectives of Hirschi and Feyz Kashani with an Emphasis on Mahajjatol-Bayda

The ability to resist the attractions of crime has been referred to as self-control; the very decisive factor in crime rate in General Crime Theory. Vara, Morāqebah, and Taqwā have been used as equivalents in several Islamic texts including Mahajjatol-Baydā. Despite prima facia similarities, self-control is wider in temporal and palatial aspects in viewpoints of Feyz Kashani and Hirschi, with the former believing in the existence of a persistent and omnipresent guardianship and the latter concentrating on the socialization of all members of the society. Recruiting an analytical-descriptive design, the study revealed that Feyz Kashani provides a more comprehensive account of self-control in purifying the mind of the criminal fancies and perversions and generalization of the effect of self-control on the unified status of the offender and victim. He did not believe that self-control is age-dependent; rather, he proposed several other socializing strategies including Sela-Rahem and training instructions on mastering internal stimuli.