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Excessive use of force : one mother's continuing struggle against police brutality and misconduct
- Title
- Excessive use of force : one mother's continuing struggle against police brutality and misconduct / Loretta P. Prater.
- Author
- Prater, Loretta P.
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- xx, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustraitons; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-256) and index.
- Contents
- 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 publica 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-547
- ISBN
- 9781538108000
- 1538108003
- LCCN
- 2017031630
- OCLC
- 1026522669
- Author
- Prater, Loretta P., author.
- Title
- Excessive use of force : one mother's continuing struggle against police brutality and misconduct / Loretta P. Prater.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-256) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-547