Temple University psychologist Laurence Steinberg was awarded the first prize of research Klaus J. Jacobs. The new award, worth $ 1 million, comes from the Foundation based in Zurich Jacobs, founded by tycoon Klaus Jacobs chocolate. It is designed to advance "revolutionary contribution to the improvement of young people's living conditions."
Steinberg is well known for his research on the development of the adolescent brain. He is a former director of the Research Network MacArthur Foundation on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. And it was one of the experts who wrote a brief US Supreme Court arguing that 16 and 17 are too immature to be executed for capital crimes ( Science , 30 July 04 , p. 596). In 05, the court abolished the death penalty for these minors.
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