The Science of Bar Fights

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Bar fights are gnarly. Broken glasses and beer bottles are often the weapon of choice, usually resulting in serious facial injuries. Testosterone and alcohol can be a lethal mix, but men aren't the only ones guilty of pub brawls. In a study from a few years back, researchers found that significantly more women attacked other women than expected.

Dr. Jonathan Shepherd has spent years developing and testing "effective strategies for reducing facial injuries in bar fights using broken glass." His work has been so effective, that he was recently awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology. Rowdy bars may no longer be quite as dangerous thanks to a British professor who won a criminology prize on Wednesday for his work showing how injuries from broken glass can be reduced.

Jonathan Shepherd, a face surgeon and professor at Cardiff University, won the Stockholm Prize in Criminology with his research into bar fights and glass-related injuries.

"Professor Shepherd's crime prevention work involved the development of strategies for preventing serious injuries in connection with violence in bars and nightclubs," a statement announcing the prizes said.

His work compared drink glasses and the different ways they shatter and has "led pubs in the UK to use the glass that causes far fewer injuries," the statement said. Tougher glassware. Makes sense. I mean--it doesn't strike me as rocket science, or groundbreaking, but good for him. For his success in showing how serious injury in barfights can be prevented, Dr. Shepherd will share a prize of about $150,000 with one other winner. Unfortunately, there's nothing the good doctor can do about the stupidity that arises from drinking outside of bars. For example, it would take a think tank to deal with
this guy.

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