Tyrell Connor is associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York - New Paltz.Daphne M. Penn is postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

In The Dark Side of Reform: Exploring the Impact of Public Policy on Racial Equity, Professors Connor and Penn make a critically important contribution.The pandemic and the growing awareness that the criminal legal system and policing need to be completely reimagined have caused the nation to ask critical questions about reform. Connor and Penn have responded, moving the conversations on race and equity from the margins to the center of the domestic policy debate. The data and varied analyses in this book provide timely information to anyone concerned about public policy in America.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Advancing Racial Equity Through Public PolicyDaphne M. Penn and Tyrell ConnorChapter 1 - The Gun Control Debate and Its Policy Implications for Reducing Firearm Violence in Communities of ColorDaniel Semenza and Brian WadeChapter 2 - Policing is Punishment: Defunding the Police as Sentencing ReformJalila Jefferson Bullock and Jelani Jefferson ExumChapter 3 - Four Racial Justice Principles for Policy Response to Carceral Technology Emily TuckerChapter 4 - Marijuana Legalization Angela S. MuroloChapter 5 - American Dream into Nightmare: Immigration, Systemic Structural Racism and Health Inequity in the United StatesJay PearsonChapter 6 - #StopAsianHate: Examining Rising Levels of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in the United StatesJanice A. IwamaChapter 7 - Complexity and Possibility: Black Public Opinion on ImmigrationNiambi M. CarterChapter 8 - Legacy of Good Trouble: The Next Frontier for Voting RightsCandice C. Robinson, LaTeri McFa