“I can’t breathe”: A case study—Helping Black men cope with race-related trauma stemming from police killing and brutality

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 367-376

  Aymer, Samuel R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; police; racial profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959175567     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2015.1132828     Document Type: Article

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