Other traits such as Emotional Stability, Openness to Experience, and Agreeableness are also associated with longer lives. However there is evidence that Self-Control (associated with Conscientiousness), Emotional Stability, and Agreeableness are important protective factors against criminal activity (John et al.1994, Agnew et al. Controlling for the influence of education and cognitive ability, these traits appear equally predictive of lower criminal activity (Heckman, Stixrud, and Urzua, 2006). This provides a new perspective on the direction of social and educational policy interventions.