TY - BOOK AU - Prater,Loretta P. TI - Police brutality: a mother's continuing fight against police misconduct SN - 9781538108000 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HV8141 .P72 2018 U1 - 363.2/32 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Police brutality KW - United States KW - Discrimination in law enforcement KW - African American men KW - Family relationships KW - Mothers and sons KW - Wrongful death N1 - 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 ER -