An authentic discourse: Recentering race and racism as factors that contribute to police violence against unarmed Black or African American men

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 336-349

  Hadden, Bernadette R ^a   Tolliver, Willie ^a   Snowden, Fabienne ^b   Brown Manning, Robyn ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks or African Americans; police violence; race; racial discrimination; racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959116332     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2015.1129252     Document Type: Article

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