Odd News

People like to compete, but what they like more, is winning and receiving prizes. Some awards are really prestigious and thousand of people are waiting with their breath held to know the results, another is famous, but not popular. There is no one who had never heard about Nobel Prize or Oscars, but who has ever heard about the Stockholm Prize in Criminology? This award maybe sounds absurd, but has more meaning than the famous Darwin Prize. The holders of Darwin Prize are usually lifeless and they deserve the prize because they were so stupid they are dead now, but Stockholm Prize in Criminology is the exact opposite. The awarded scientists or professors dedicated their research to prevent people to accidentally (or by purpose) harm each other. The 2008 Stockholm Prize in Criminology was awarded on 19 September to two scientists. The first one is British professor Jonathan Shepherd. A face surgeon from Cardiff sacrifices himself and spent uncountable amount of hours in different bars, just to finish his research into bar fights and how to prevent injuries from broken glass. His delightful time in pubs across the country led to the award and may be good advice for all bar fighters and fast-drinkers, who often loses control but don't want to explain their wives how the wounds on their cheeks face were made. Professor Shepherd share the prize with US professor David Olds from University of Colorado, who's work was less more dangerous. Instead of sitting in a pub professor Olds developed methods how to prevent child abuse. The effort of both scientists fetch them $ 150.000 which they will share. This was the third time the prize was administrated. Stockholm Prize in Criminology was announced by Swedish Minister of Justice in 2005 and since the eleven-headed jury of criminologists decides whose research is the best. Every year are awarded two scientists.

related story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070919/tod-sweden-crime-prize-research-britain-f62056d_1.html

by Nina Gotzmannova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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