S1 E7 - Aaron Kinzel: From Prisoner to Professor

02/11/2017 57 min
S1 E7 - Aaron Kinzel: From Prisoner to Professor

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Episode Synopsis

Jacob and Imani sit down with Aaron Kinzel to discuss how he went from serving a 10-year prison sentence to teaching about criminology and criminal justice as a professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. In his words, "I know everything there is to know about crime. I don't need to read a book about criminology... I lived it since I was a child." He sheds light on how a lifetime of bad influences and terrible decisions landed him in prison, what he did to get his life together after his release, and the opportunity our society has to think differently about redemption for violent criminals.

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