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Excessive use of force : one mother's struggle against police brutality and misconduct Cover Image Book Book

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

Prater, Loretta P. (author.).

Summary: "The vast majority of the law enforcement officers in this country perform their very difficult jobs with respect for their communities and in compliance with the law. Even so, there have been incidents in which this was not the case. Police brutality and misconduct has been under the microscope for the last several years, and Loretta Prater brings these issues to light through research reports and numerous examples of cases, including the personal case of her son"--Back cover.

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  • ISBN: 9781538108000
  • ISBN: 1538108003
  • Physical Description: print
    xx, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Acknowledgments -- 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 public awareness -- 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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Subject: Police brutality United States
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Cultural, Ethnic & Regional African American & Black
SELF-HELP Death, Grief, Bereavement
SOCIAL SCIENCE Criminology
SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations
African American men Family relationships
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