The researchers hypothesized that stronger ethnic identification will predict higher perceived discrimination by the police. The research design used in this study was a on-going longitudinal study of juvinelle offenders. This study consisted of interviews that covered background, characteristics, indicators of individual context, personal relationships, and community context. The dependent variable was direct contact. This consisted of individuals having direct experiences with the police using fourteen items to assess the individuals. The independent variable was respondent characteristics. They operationalized the independent variable by participants gender, age, adults present in the home and level of mothers education were used as covarties in the analysis. The population of this study consisted of 1,354 adjudicated youth that were 14 to 18 years old. This population of youth were from juvenile and adult court system. 556 were African American youth. The results from this study showed that youth with stranger sense of ethnic identity perceived more police discrimination, but reported more positive beliefs about police…