Quantitative Literature Review: Minority Attitudes Toward the Police and Public Perceptions Introduction-Context-ProblemThe individuals who appear to be most dissatisfied with the police are African Americans. But there are few, if any, factors that truly engage citizens' views of policing Brown and Benedict (2002). The specific parts about attitudes are reliable, but the literature seems to lead to mixed signals based on other variables Weitzer and Tuch (2002). Perception of the police includes factors such as personal experience, vicarious experience and mass media. For example, the public's experiences with the police, what individuals learn from friends and/or acquaintances, and what they have learned from the media. Gallagher et al. (2001). Definitions of Terms The following 3 studies involved racial profiling, defined as police use of race as a factor, along with an accumulation of other factors (cooperation) in which an officer reacts with suspicion and takes action. In other words, police cannot use racial or ethical stereotypes as factors in selecting who to stop and search, and police cannot use race or ethnicity to choose whether a person fits a specific description of a particular individual and/or suspected. Variables The independent variable will be about African Americans stopped by the police due to racial profiling and the dependent variable will be about cooperation with the police by African Americans as a result. Research Question It is predicted that African Americans who are subjected to racial profiling will be less likely to want to cooperate with the police. To investigate this, the following research question was created; "There is a relationship between how many times in the last year, (as an African...... middle of paper...... ions of the police." Policing 25:543-580.-Weitzer, Ronald and Steven Tuch 2002 “Perceptions of Racial Profiling: Race, Class, and Personal Experience.” Criminology 40:435-456.—Gallahher, Catherine, Edward Maguire, Stephen Mastrofski, and Michael Reisig 2001 The Public Image of the Police, of Chiefs of Police.-Ramirez, et al., opt cit., p 59.-Traffic Stop Data Collection Policies for State Police, 1999. United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.-Akers, R. and Sellers , C. Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation and Application (5th ed.: Oxford University Press.-Ramirez, D., McDevitt, J. and Farrell, A. (2000). A resource guide to profiling data collection systems Racial: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.