From Enforcers to Guardians : A Public Health Primer on Ending Police Violence /

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Excessive police violence and its disproportionate targeting of minority communities has existed in the United States since police forces first formed in the colonial period. A personal tragedy for its victims, for the people who love them, and for their broader communities, excessive police violenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Hannah L. F., 1970- (Author)
Other Authors: Fullilove, Mindy Thompson, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Violence.
Police brutality.
violence.
Determinants sociaux de la sante.
Brutalites policieres > États-Unis.
Violence > États-Unis.
Social Determinants of Health
Police
Violence
Police brutality > United States.
Violence > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Coming to terms
  • Peelers and slave patrols
  • Community collapse
  • War on drugs
  • Public health investigations
  • Pattern and practice investigations I : distorted policing in urban context
  • Pattern and practice investigations II : types of violence documented
  • Interventions that have been tried
  • A magic strategy
  • Conclusion, moving forward.

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