Research on the effects of thick versus thin bar glasses on injuries incurred in bar fights has paid off big for Professor Jonathan Shepherd of Cardiff University. The university notes:
Professor Jonathan Shepherd, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Director of the University?s Violence and Society Research Group, has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to healthcare and the criminal justice system…. Professor Shepherd conducted the first field research comparing injuries from toughened glasses used in bar and nightclub fights to those of glass which becomes sharp-edged. His work prompted many bars to switch to tougher glass in the late 1990s, leading to a fall in injuries. [His work] was recently recognised with the 2008 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, an international prize recognising outstanding achievement in the field of criminological research and its application.
(Thanks to investigator Betsy Devine for bringing this to our attention.)