About Cassandra
I am a Senior Lecturer 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 .
Law Reform
UK
Great news, 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
Australia is considering coercive control laws see my interview with Seven News
My article with @Tanya Palmer ‘Telling the Wrong Stories: Rough Sex, Coercive Control and the Criminal Law’ is out - see December issue of Child and Family Law Quarterly. Part of a brilliant special issue edited by @Hannah_Bows and @jojohjhj Jonathan Herring
Research Publications
Cassandra Wiener
Marilyn McMahon and Paul McGorrery, (eds) Criminalising Non-Physical Family Violence: Coercive Control and Autonomy Crimes (Springer International)
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‘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
Events
Crime Research Centre & Centre for Gender Studies Roundtable to Mark 16 days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
25 November 2021
Freeman Building University of Sussex and Online
‘Creating a space to think about activism against gender based violence’
Cassandra Wiener – Panel Member