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.
Law Reform
Honoured to have received a Police Commendation in recognition for my part in the team that carried out Operation Bluestone Soteria – which worked to transform the policing response to rape and serious sexual offending. My guidelines on the investigation of rape in the context of coercive control and strategic advice on where to locate domestic rape in force are now operational across all forces in England and Wales.
Research Publications
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
Cassandra Wiener
Telling the wrong stories: Rough sex, coercive control and the criminal law
Child and Family Law Quarterly
Cassandra Wiener
Criminalising Coercive Control, Family Violence and the Criminal Law
Opinion Pieces
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
