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
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
NSW might criminalise coercive control: Professor Evan Stark and I argue that it should...see more
and the NSW Parliament agreed...see their report
'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
I'm happy to be one of the academic experts interviewed for this important new documentary 'Walking on Eggshells', co-created by Rosie Jarvis and Annie La Vespa.