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Coercive Control and the Criminal Law 

Published by Routledge

Out  now.

Coercive Control and the criminal law
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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. 

City University of London
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Treebeard Trust

Law Reform

Research Publications

Cassandra Wiener

Reframing Domestic Abuse: Policing Coercive Control

APLIN, R. (ed.) (2024) Policing Public Protection: A Companion (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming).

Coercive control as a framework for responding to male partner abuse in the UK

Evan Stark & Cassandra Wiener

Coercive Control as a Framework for Responding to Male Partner Abuse in the UK: Opportunities and Challenges

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Violence

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Cassandra Wiener

Defining Coercive Control in Law: Problems and Possibilities

 

The Edward Elgar Handbook of Domestic Abuse

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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

Evan Stark obituary

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

Events

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