In popular culture, Mafia members are often portrayed as ruthless, callous and remorseless, but there is no empirical research on their personality traits. A recent study examined levels of psychopathic traits among Mafia members who have been convicted of a criminal offence. Mafia members showed significant antisocial traits but they maintained a capacity for emotional connection and greater likelihood of engaging with training and resocialisation programmes than other imprisoned offenders in Italy. Source: Adriano Schimmenti et al., Mafia and psychopathy. In: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Feb. 2014, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbm.1902/abstract.