Disseminating the Significance of Alfred Adler in a Graduate-Level Criminological Theory Course as a Self-Identified Adlerian

Abstract:This article describes the author’s journey toward becoming a college professor, as well as how he became acquainted with Alfred Adler’s works. It goes on to elaborate on how Adler’s ideas have shaped his research and teaching in the discipline of criminology and criminal justice, noting the particular insight that Adler’s work infuses in a graduate-level theory course. The article concludes by sharing the author’s ideas about Adler’s theories of crime and personality formation which can be incorporated into the teaching of the psychology of criminal behavior as a way of enhancing Adler’s ideas.