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.

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