Excessive use of force : one mother's struggle against police brutality and misconduct /

Excessive use of force : one mother's struggle against police brutality and misconduct / Loretta P. Prater.

Police brutality and misconduct have been under the microscope for the last several years. Loretta Prater confronts the far-reaching consequences of police brutality through the personal case of her son, numerous examples of other cases, and a review of related research.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Prater, Loretta P. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Subjects:
Police brutality > United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement > United States.
African American men > Family relationships.
Mothers and sons > United States.
Wrongful death > United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Mothers and sons.
Police brutality.
Wrongful death.
United States.
Table of 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 killed by law enforcement
  • Police academy workshops : a proactive strategy to address police misconduct
  • No justice, no peace : paths in seeking change through public policy.

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