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“Participants [Black boys] spoke extensively about altering their behaviors to demonstrate that they were not doing anything wrong especially around police, and enacting the strategies as advised by their parents and family… [but still feared] police harassment."

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 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
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
Staggers-Hakim, Raja
Vol. 26 Issue 3–4, pp. 390–399, 2016
10.1080/10911359.2015.1132864
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