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
Delighted to be invited to give evidence to the Paris House of Representatives on the importance of coercive control laws on 12 April 2025.
Outside the National Assembly
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
