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Catherine Amelia Appleton

Catherine Amelia Appleton

Senior Research Fellow
Department of Mental Health

catherine.a.appleton@ntnu.no
+4795931824 MTFS, Øya
ULTPEN Life Imprisonment Worldwide
About Publications Media

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

  • Chronological
  • By category

2020

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

  • Appleton, Catherine Amelia. (2018) The meaning of life imprisonment: The case of Khoroshenko v. Russia.
    Briefs
  • Appleton, Catherine Amelia; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk. (2018) Challenging life imprisonment.
    Briefs
  • Appleton, Catherine Amelia; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk; Penal Reform International, PRI. (2018) Life Imprisonment: A Policy Briefing. 2018.
    Report
  • Van Zyl Smit, Dirk; Appleton, Catherine Amelia. (2018) Life Imprisonment: The Modern Ultimate Penalty?. New Philosopher.
    Academic article

2016

  • 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. (2016) Life Imprisonment and Human Rights. Hart Publishing Ltd. 2016. ISBN 9781509928835.
    Scientific anthology
  • Van Zyl Smit, Dirk; Appleton, Catherine Amelia; Benford, Georgie. (2016) Introduction. Life Imprisonment and Human Rights.
    Chapter

2015

  • Appleton, Catherine Amelia. (2015) Life without parole. Oxford handbooks online.
    Academic article
  • 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

  • Appleton, Catherine Amelia. (2014) Lone Wolf Terrorism in Norway. International Journal of Human Rights. volum 18 (2).
    Academic article

2013

  • 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

  • Appleton, Catherine Amelia. (2010) Life after Life Imprisonment. Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 9780199582716.
    Scientific monography

2007

  • Appleton, Catherine Amelia; Grøver, Bent. (2007) The Pros and Cons of Life without Parole. British Journal of Criminology. volum 47 (4).
    Academic article

2004

  • Burnett, Ros; Appleton, Catherine Amelia. (2004) Tackling Youth Crime in Partnership. Russell House Publishing. 2004. ISBN 9781903855324.
    Scientific monography

Scientific articles

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
  • Burnett, Ros; Appleton, Catherine Amelia. (2004) Tackling Youth Crime in Partnership. Russell House Publishing. 2004. ISBN 9781903855324.
    Scientific monography

Part of book/report

  • 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

  • Appleton, Catherine Amelia; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk; Penal Reform International, PRI. (2018) Life Imprisonment: A Policy Briefing. 2018.
    Report

Media

2021

  • Lecture
    Appleton, 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.
  • Academic lecture
    Appleton, 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.
  • Academic lecture
    Appleton, 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.
  • Lecture
    Appleton, 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.
  • Interview
    Unger, 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

  • Academic lecture
    Appleton, 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.
  • Academic lecture
    Appleton, 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

  • Lecture
    Appleton, 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.
  • Lecture
    Appleton, 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.
  • Academic lecture
    Appleton, 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

  • Lecture
    Appleton, 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.
  • Lecture
    Appleton, 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.
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