Shades of Brown: Perceptions of Racial Profiling and the Intra-Ethnic Differential Stephen K. Rice John D. Reitzel Alex R. Piquero ABSTRACT. The recent wave of research examining racial profiling by the police has yet to examine potential differences from an intra-eth- nic perspective. In addition, few studies have supplemented the insights gathered from street- and highway-stop data with important measures of citizen perceptions. In this study we attempt to conflate the two gaps by presenting an analysis of Black- and non-Black Hispanics’ perceptions of racial profiling. More specifically, we analyze data from a random sample of New York City residents in order to explore differences re- lated to how widespread, justified, and “personal” racial profiling is per- Stephen K. Rice is a graduate student in the Department of Criminology and Law Studies at the University of Florida. His research interests include criminological the- ory, inequality, and justice research (procedural, restorative). John D. Reitzel is a graduate student in the Department of Criminology and Law Studies at the University of Florida. His research interests include policing, criminal careers, race, ethnicity and justice research, theory, and quantitative research methods. Alex R. Piquero is Professor of Criminology at the University of Florida, Member of the National Consortium on Violence Research, and Network Associate with the MacArthur Foundation’s research network on adolescent development and juvenile justice. His research interests include criminological theory, criminal careers, quantita- tive research methods, and policing. Address correspondence to: Alex R. Piquero, University of Florida, Department of Criminology and Law Studies, P.O. Box 115950, 201 Walker Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-5950 (E-mail: apiquero@ufl.edu). Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, Vol. 3(1/2) 2005 http://www.haworthpress.com/web/JECJ  2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1300/J222v03n01_03 47