About Cassandra
I am a researcher in the School of Law at the University of Sussex, taking up the post of Senior Lecturer in Law at City, University of London in September 2021. 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 .
Law Reform
UK
WE DID IT! The government has announced that post separation abuse will be a criminal offence...see more
Interview with Sarah Gorrell on BBC Radio Sussex, 9 March 2021
Australia
NSW might criminalise coercive control: Professor Evan Stark and I argue that it should...see more
'A woman wears the same outfit every day, rarely goes out, and continually paces back and forth in a small space. Imagine how hard it would be to explain her behaviour if you were unable to reveal that the woman is confined in a jail cell….Start with the cage, and everything changes.'
Evan Stark
Illustration: Natalie Lees
Research Publications
Cassandra Wiener
Marilyn McMahon and Paul McGorrery, (eds) Criminalising Non-Physical Family Violence: Coercive Control and Autonomy Crimes (Springer International)
Cassandra Wiener
‘Seeing What is Invisible in Plain Sight: Policing Coercive Control’
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
Opinion Pieces
Interview with Cassandra Wiener, 5 February 2021
iNews
Interview with Cassandra Wiener 29 Oct 2020
Inside the fight to rid the world of abusive stalkerware
Wired
Interview with Cassandra Wiener, 9 April 2020
People In Abusive Relationships At Greater Risk During Isolation But Help Is Still At Hand
Unilad
Events
WE DID IT!!
30 - 31 July 2020
LAUNCH OF the International Coercive Control Law Network
Legal strategy for criminal justice reform coming soon