Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 73, No. 4, 2017, pp. 808--830 doi: 10.1111/josi.12249 This article is part of the Special Issue “What Social Science Research Says About Police Violence Against Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Understanding the Antecedents and Consequences,” Kristin N. Dukes, and Kimberly B. Kahn (Special Issue Editors). For a full listing of Special Issue papers, see: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josi.2017.73.issue-4/issuetoc. Perceptions of Police, Racial Profiling, and Psychological Outcomes: A Mixed Methodological Study Kevin L. Nadal ∗ , Kristin C. Davidoff, and Neil Allicock John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York Christine R. Serpe University of Missouri, Kansas City Tanya Erazo The Graduate Center, City University of New York While scholars have documented the contentious relationship between law en- forcement and communities of color, most studies tend to compare perspec- tives of specific communities of color (e.g., Black Americans, Latina/os, Asian Americans) to White Americans—without examining between-group differences of the historically marginalized racial groups. In Study 1, 543 participants of diverse racial/ethnic groups (e.g., Black, Latina/o, Asian, White) completed the Perceptions of Police Scale (POPS)—a measure of general attitudes toward law enforcement and beliefs about police bias. Findings demonstrate that Black par- ticipants were more likely than Whites and Latina/os to view police negatively. While there were no significant gender differences in participants’ perceptions of police, Black men were more likely to have negative perceptions of police than White and Asian men. In Study 2, we extracted 222 participants from the larger sample who were asked about the number of times police had unlawfully stopped them, while providing a guided narrative to explore their reactions to these expe- riences. A total of 61 participants (or 27.8% of the total sample) reported being unfairly stopped by police officers. Using the Consensual Qualitative Research method, three domains emerged: (a) Perceived Reasons for Police Stop, (b) Types of Responses, and (c) Perceived Characteristics of Multiple Stops. Implications ∗ Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kevin L. Nadal, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019 [e-mail: knadal@jjay.cuny.edu]. 808 C  2017 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues