How information about perpetrators’ nature and nurture influences assessments of their character, mental states, and deserved punishment

• Julianna M. Lynch,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Jonathan D. Lane,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Colleen M. Berryessa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Criminal Justice, Center for Law and Justice, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1670-7484

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• Joshua Rottman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jrottman@fandm.edu

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-1428

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