Catherine Amelia Appleton
About
Catherine Appleton is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Mental Health, NTNU and the Centre of Research and Education in Security, Prisons and Forensic Psychiatry at St Olavs University Hospital, Noway. She is also Research Associate in Law at the School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK. Her research focuses on 'ultimate penalties' and the question of how societies respond to their most serious crimes. Her most recent book, Life Imprisonment (2019), co-authored with Emeritus Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit, was awarded the 2020 outstanding book awards from both the European Society of Criminology and the Division of International Criminology of the American Society of Criminology. She has acted as expert advisor for Amnesty International, the Helsinki Committee for Armenia, The Norwegian Mission for the Rule of Law in Modolva and the United Nations. She was elected to the Executive Board of Penal Reform International in 2021 and is Co-Director of prisonHEALTH.
Publications
2020
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2020)
Review of 'Young Men's Experiences of Long-Term Imprisonment' by Rachel Rose Tynan (2019).
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice.
volum 59 (4).
Review
2019
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2019)
UNODC Education 4 Justice University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - Module 6: Prison Reform.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/crime-prevention-criminal-justice/module-6/index.html. 2019.
Digital teaching aids
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2019)
UNODC Education 4 Justice University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - Module 7: Alternatives to Imprisonment.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/crime-prevention-criminal-justice/module-7/index.html. 2019.
Digital teaching aids
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Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2019)
Life Imprisonment: A Global Human Rights Analysis.
Harvard University Press (HUP). 2019. ISBN 9780674980662.
Scientific monography
2018
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2018)
The meaning of life imprisonment: The case of Khoroshenko v. Russia.
Briefs
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Van Zyl Smit, Dirk.
(2018)
Challenging life imprisonment.
Briefs
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Penal Reform International, PRI.
(2018)
Life Imprisonment: A Policy Briefing.
2018.
Report
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Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2018)
Life Imprisonment: The Modern Ultimate Penalty?.
New Philosopher.
Academic article
2016
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Van Zyl Smit, Dirk.
(2016)
The Paradox of Reform: Life Imprisonment in England and Wales.
Life Imprisonment and Human Rights.
Chapter
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Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2016)
Life Imprisonment and Human Rights.
Hart Publishing Ltd. 2016. ISBN 9781509928835.
Scientific anthology
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Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Benford, Georgie.
(2016)
Introduction.
Life Imprisonment and Human Rights.
Chapter
2015
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2015)
Life without parole.
Oxford handbooks online.
Academic article
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2015)
Review of 'Fine Lines and Distinctions: Murder, Manslaughter and the Unlawful Taking of Human Life' by Terence Morris and Louis Blom-Cooper (2011) and 'Exploring the Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder', by Barry Mitchell and Julian Roberts (2012).
Criminal law review.
volum 1.
Review
2014
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2014)
Lone Wolf Terrorism in Norway.
International Journal of Human Rights.
volum 18 (2).
Academic article
2013
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2013)
Review of 'Life without parole: America's new death penalty', edited by Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat.
Criminal Justice Review.
volum 38 (3).
Review
2010
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2010)
Life after Life Imprisonment.
Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 9780199582716.
Scientific monography
2007
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Grøver, Bent.
(2007)
The Pros and Cons of Life without Parole.
British Journal of Criminology.
volum 47 (4).
Academic article
2004
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Burnett, Ros;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2004)
Tackling Youth Crime in Partnership.
Russell House Publishing. 2004. ISBN 9781903855324.
Scientific monography
Scientific articles
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Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2018)
Life Imprisonment: The Modern Ultimate Penalty?.
New Philosopher.
Academic article
-
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2015)
Life without parole.
Oxford handbooks online.
Academic article
-
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2014)
Lone Wolf Terrorism in Norway.
International Journal of Human Rights.
volum 18 (2).
Academic article
-
Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Grøver, Bent.
(2007)
The Pros and Cons of Life without Parole.
British Journal of Criminology.
volum 47 (4).
Academic article
Journal publications
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2020)
Review of 'Young Men's Experiences of Long-Term Imprisonment' by Rachel Rose Tynan (2019).
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice.
volum 59 (4).
Review
-
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2015)
Review of 'Fine Lines and Distinctions: Murder, Manslaughter and the Unlawful Taking of Human Life' by Terence Morris and Louis Blom-Cooper (2011) and 'Exploring the Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder', by Barry Mitchell and Julian Roberts (2012).
Criminal law review.
volum 1.
Review
-
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2013)
Review of 'Life without parole: America's new death penalty', edited by Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat.
Criminal Justice Review.
volum 38 (3).
Review
Books
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Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2019)
Life Imprisonment: A Global Human Rights Analysis.
Harvard University Press (HUP). 2019. ISBN 9780674980662.
Scientific monography
-
Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2016)
Life Imprisonment and Human Rights.
Hart Publishing Ltd. 2016. ISBN 9781509928835.
Scientific anthology
-
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2010)
Life after Life Imprisonment.
Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 9780199582716.
Scientific monography
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Burnett, Ros;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia.
(2004)
Tackling Youth Crime in Partnership.
Russell House Publishing. 2004. ISBN 9781903855324.
Scientific monography
Part of book/report
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Van Zyl Smit, Dirk.
(2016)
The Paradox of Reform: Life Imprisonment in England and Wales.
Life Imprisonment and Human Rights.
Chapter
-
Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Benford, Georgie.
(2016)
Introduction.
Life Imprisonment and Human Rights.
Chapter
Report
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Appleton, Catherine Amelia;
Van Zyl Smit, Dirk;
Penal Reform International, PRI.
(2018)
Life Imprisonment: A Policy Briefing.
2018.
Report
Media
2021
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LectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia. (2021) The ULTPEN project: Indefinite preventive detention: The Implementation and Impact of the ULTimate PENalty in Norway. prisonHEALTH research group meeting . prisonHEALTH; Nottingham. 2021-09-23 - 2021-09-23.
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Academic lectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia; Nikartas, Simonas; Šleinotaitė, Goda. (2021) Providing (false) hope of release? Life imprisonment in Lithuania. International Scientific Conference 'The best of the worst and the permanently bad: Life-sentenced prisoners' online conference hosted by the University of Warsaw ; 2021-11-18 - 2021-11-19.
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Academic lectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk. (2021) Asian life imprisonment in worldwide perspective. Life Imprisonment in Asia: Law and Practice . NTNU, University of Nottingham, Vietnam National University; 2021-10-05 - 2021-10-06.
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LectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk. (2021) Life imprisonment: The use of it internationally and what is to be done. Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. . United Nations; Kyoto (online). 2021-03-07 - 2021-03-12.
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InterviewUnger, Brooke; Appleton, Catherine Amelia. (2021) As the death penalty becomes less common, life imprisonment becomes more so. Reformers say life is often too long. The Economist [Avis]. 2021-07-10.
2020
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Academic lectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia. (2020) Life imprisonment: A global human rights crisis. United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights . UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Geneva. 2020-01-04 - 2020-01-04.
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Academic lectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk. (2020) Challenges of life imprisonment under international human rights standards: Can it be an alternative to capital punishment?. Alternatives to the death penalty . Center for Prisoners' Rights; Tokyo. 2020-12-12 - 2020-12-12.
2019
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LectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia. (2019) Life imprisonment: Human rights violations in the sentencing and treatment of life-sentenced prisoners. 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council . United Nations Human Rights Council; Geneva. 2019-09-09 - 2019-09-27.
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LectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia. (2019) Life imprisonment: The best alternative?. World Congress Against the Death Penalty . World Coalition Against the Death Penalty; Brussels. 2019-02-19 - 2019-02-19.
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Academic lectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk. (2019) Life imprisonment in all but name? The imposition of informal life sentences. Annual Gerald Gordon Seminar . University of Glasgow; Glasgow. 2019-05-11 - 2019-05-11.
2018
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LectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia. (2018) Life-sentenced prisoners as vulnerable prisoners. United Nations Committee Against Torture (closed event) . Penal Reform International; Geneva. 2018-08-04 - 2018-08-04.
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LectureAppleton, Catherine Amelia; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk. (2018) Life Imprisonment: A Global Human Rights Analysis. Life Imprisonment: A Global Human Rights Analysis Book Launch . Penal Reform International; London. 2018-12-10 - 2018-12-10.