Dr. Stephen J. Morse presents Addiction & Criminal Responsibility at the Colloquium on Law, Neuroscience, and Criminal Justice on March 14 -- 15, 2013 in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Morse is the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry, and the Associate Director of the Center for Neuroscience & Society at the University of Pennsylvania. The colloquium was sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience and co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center, Vanderbilt Law School, Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, and the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research.

Description and Learning Objectives: This session provides an introduction to the neuroscience of addiction and current knowledge on treatment efficacy. It will also introduce the work of the Research Network on decision making in addicts, and critically assess the implications of addiction science for criminal responsibility. Specific learning objectives include:

• Discussion and debate about what research on the neuroscience of addiction may add to existing behavioral models for purposes of improving doctrine and/or practice in the criminal justice system.

• Discussion of the relationship between explanatory models of addiction and criminal responsibility.

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