Vulnerable and dominant: Bright and dark side personality traits and values of individuals in organized crime in Denmark
Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Year: 2022

In this paper, we build on a robust literature on push and pull factors to focus on the personality traits and values of individuals involved in organized crime. We distinguish organized crime from other kinds of criminal activity and recruit a unique sample of non-incarcerated individuals verified by the Danish National Police to be involved in organized crime. We use comprehensive standardized psychological assessments of their big five personality traits, maladaptive dark traits and core valu