Excessive use of force : one mother's struggle against police brutality and misconduct /: one mother's struggle against police brutality and misconduct. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Loretta P. Prater.
• Authors: Prater, Loretta P
• Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Homicide or natural causes : how did leslie vaughn prater die? -- Police brutality : myth or reality? -- Profiling : reported research and personal experiences -- Review of police departmental responses to in-custody deaths -- Fueling a legal battle -- To settle or not to settle in wrongful death cases involving police officers -- Silent no more : strategies of advocacy to elevate publicáawareness -- Moms (mothers of murdered sons : unarmed and killeda by law enforcement -- Police academy workshops : a proactive strategy to address police misconduct -- No justice, no peace : paths in seeking change through public policy.
• Publisher Details: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.2/32; Self-Help: Death, Grief, Bereavement; Police brutality -- United States; Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States; African American men -- Family relationships; Mothers and sons -- United States; Wrongful death -- United States; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; African American men -- Family relationships; Discrimination in law enforcement; Mothers and sons; Police brutality; Wrongful death; Social Science: Discrimination & Race Relations; Social Science: Ethnic Studies / African American Studies; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538108017; 1538108011
• Related ISBNs: 9781538108000
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 26, 2018).
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