Police brutality : a mother's continuing fight against police misconduct /
Prater, Loretta P.
Police brutality : a mother's continuing fight against police misconduct / Loretta P. Prater. - pages cm
Includes index.
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.
9781538108000 (cloth : alk. paper)
2017031630
Police brutality--United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.
African American men--Family relationships.
Mothers and sons--United States.
Wrongful death--United States.
HV8141 / .P72 2018
363.2/32
Police brutality : a mother's continuing fight against police misconduct / Loretta P. Prater. - pages cm
Includes index.
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.
9781538108000 (cloth : alk. paper)
2017031630
Police brutality--United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.
African American men--Family relationships.
Mothers and sons--United States.
Wrongful death--United States.
HV8141 / .P72 2018
363.2/32