: Studies indicate that while media influences student "imagery" of the Mafia, formal school education is the primary driver in understanding Anti-Mafia movements .
: Parents on forums like Reddit have described schools that refuse to cooperate with police or families following attacks on students to protect the institution's image.
: Research explores how the Mafia operates like a hierarchical corporation, using a "sophisticated court system" and authority to limit costly violent disputes.
: Researchers use the game to study minority versus majority behaviors , estimating the psychological "motion in the mind" during social deduction.