The nation’s unprotected children and the ghost of Mike Brown, or the impact of national police killings on the health and social development of African American boys

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 390-399

  Staggers Hakim, Raja ^a  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American health disparities; African American male health; chronic stress and health; discrimination and health; life course; social trauma; state sanctioned violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959167782     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2015.1132864     Document Type: Article

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