Excited to announce the launch of my monograph Coercive Control and the Criminal Law published by Routledge and available to order here.
About Cassandra
I am a Reader in Law at City, University of London. I am also co-founder and trustee of the Treebeard Trust.
I specialise in coercive control and the criminal law. I advise governments and activists around the world on the doctrinal implications of domestic abuse law reform, and through the Treebeard Trust support transformative initiatives to empower women affected by violence . I also run the centre for justice reform at City, University of London.
Research Publications
Cassandra Wiener
Reframing Domestic Abuse: Policing Coercive Control
APLIN, R. (ed.) (2024) Policing Public Protection: A Companion (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming).
Evan Stark & Cassandra Wiener
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Violence
Cassandra Wiener
Defining Coercive Control in Law: Problems and Possibilities
The Edward Elgar Handbook of Domestic Abuse
Cassandra Wiener
Telling the wrong stories: Rough sex, coercive control and the criminal law
familylaw.co.uk
Opinion Pieces
Yvonne Roberts, featuring Cassandra Wiener, 13 April 2025
‘His ability to switch from a loving partner to a monster kept me in a permanent state of stress’
The Guardian
Cassandra Wiener interviewed, 11 April 2024
Evan Stark, 82, Dies; Broadened Understanding of Domestic Violence
The New York Times
Cassandra Wiener, 7 April 2024
The Guardian
Comment with Cassandra Wiener, 23 March 2024
‘But he didn’t hit you, did he?’: inside the coercive control courtroom
The Guardian
Comment with Cassandra Wiener, 3 September 2023
‘He took every penny’: the women left with a debt mountain by coercive partners
The Guardian
