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Excessive Use of Force : One Mother's Struggle Against Police Brutality and Misconduct.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (299 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781538108017
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Excessive Use of ForceDDC classification:
  • 363.2/32
LOC classification:
  • HV8141 .P738 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. HOMICIDE OR NATURAL CAUSES: How Did Leslie Vaughn Prater Die? -- Chapter 2. POLICE BRUTALITY: Myth or Reality? -- Chapter 3. PROFILING: Reported Research and Personal Experiences -- Chapter 4. REVIEW OF POLICE DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSES TO IN-CUSTODY DEATHS -- Chapter 5. FUELING A LEGAL BATTLE -- Chapter 6. TO SETTLE OR NOT TO SETTLE IN WRONGFUL DEATH CASES INVOLVING POLICE OFFICERS -- Chapter 7. SILENT NO MORE: Strategies of Advocacy to Elevate Public Awareness -- Chapter 8. MOMS MOTHERS OF MURDERED SONS): Unarmed and Killed by Law Enforcement -- Chapter 9. POLICE ACADEMY WORKSHOPS: A Proactive Strategy to Address Police Misconduct -- Chapter 10. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE: Paths in Seeking Change through Public Policy -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
Summary: 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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Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. HOMICIDE OR NATURAL CAUSES: How Did Leslie Vaughn Prater Die? -- Chapter 2. POLICE BRUTALITY: Myth or Reality? -- Chapter 3. PROFILING: Reported Research and Personal Experiences -- Chapter 4. REVIEW OF POLICE DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSES TO IN-CUSTODY DEATHS -- Chapter 5. FUELING A LEGAL BATTLE -- Chapter 6. TO SETTLE OR NOT TO SETTLE IN WRONGFUL DEATH CASES INVOLVING POLICE OFFICERS -- Chapter 7. SILENT NO MORE: Strategies of Advocacy to Elevate Public Awareness -- Chapter 8. MOMS MOTHERS OF MURDERED SONS): Unarmed and Killed by Law Enforcement -- Chapter 9. POLICE ACADEMY WORKSHOPS: A Proactive Strategy to Address Police Misconduct -- Chapter 10. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE: Paths in Seeking Change through Public Policy -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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