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Pamala Lynn Griset, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816
Office Phone: (407) 823-6061
E-Mail: griset@mail.ucf.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, School of Criminal Justice, State
University of New York at Albany, 1988.
Master of Arts, School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, 1976.
Bachelor of Arts, School of Liberal Arts, Boston University, 1968.
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2006-2007: Interim Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
1998-Present: Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies.
1993-1998: Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator of the Masters in Criminal Justice
Program.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1988 - 1993: Deputy Commissioner, Office of Funding and Program Assistance, New York State
Division of Criminal Justice Services, Albany, New York. I was responsible for an annual local
assistance budget in excess of $200 million and a staff of more than fifty program analysts. Our
office oversaw the implementation and administration of the NYS local assistance budget for
criminal justice.
1986 - 1993: Executive Assistant to the New York State Director of Criminal Justice, Albany,
New York. I served as a member of a small team reporting directly to the Governor. We were
responsible for coordinating the budgets, programs, and policy activities of New York State’s
eight criminal justice agencies.
1985 - 1986: Special Assistant to the Counsel for the New York State Director of Criminal
Justice, Albany, New York. I wrote speeches, proclamations, veto messages, policy directives,
and other assignments for the Governor and Director of Criminal Justice.
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1984 - 1986: Program Associate and Staff Writer, New York State Committee on Sentencing
Guidelines, Albany, New York. This experience became the foundation for my dissertation and
subsequent publications on determinate sentencing and sentencing guidelines.
1978 - 1980: Family Court Probation Officer, Schenectady County Department of Probation,
Schenectady, New York. I had a juvenile caseload, wrote pre-sentence reports, supervised
clients, and testified in court.
1977 - 1978: Assistant Director, Charton Juvenile Detention Facility, Schenectady, New York. I
was the teacher and backup administrator.
1969 - 1971: Elementary School Teacher, Epsom, New Hampshire. I taught in a school system
experimenting with un-graded classrooms , and I taught advanced English and remedial math.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Books
Sue Mahan and Pamala Griset (2007). Terrorism in Perspective, 2 nd Edition. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Press.
Griset, Pamala L. and Sue Mahan (2003). Terrorism in Perspective, 1 st Edition. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Press.
Griset, Pamala L. (1991) Determinate Sentencing: The Promise and the Reality of Retributive
Justice. Albany, New York: SUNY Press.
2. Referred Journals
Reynolds, K. Michael, Pamala Griset, Ernest Scott, Jr. (2006). “Law Enforcement Information
Sharing: A Florida Case Study.” American Journal of Criminal Justice.
Reynolds, K. Michael, Pamala Griset, Ron Eglin (2005). “Controlling Terrorism Through
Automated Sharing of Low-Level Law Enforcement Data.” Law Enforcement Executive Forum.
Vol. 5 (6):.127-137.
Griset, Pamala L. (2002) "New Sentencing Laws Follow Old Patterns: A Florida Case Study."
Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 30: 287-301.
Griset, Pamala L. (1999) “Criminal Sentencing in Florida: Determinate Sentencing’s Hollow
Shell.” Crime and Delinquency Vol. 45 ( 3): 316-333
Griset, Pamala L. (1997) "The Evolution of the Determinate Ideal of Sentencing: An Illinois
Case Study." Law and Policy. Vol. 19 (3): 265-284.
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Griset, Pamala L. (1996) "Discretion, Disparity, and Discrimination in Sentencing: Where Have
all the Critics Gone" Judges Journal 35(3).
Griset, Pamala L. (1996) "Determinate Sentencing and Administrative Discretion Over Time
Served in Prison: A Case Study of Florida." Crime and Delinquency 42(1):127-143.
Griset, Pamala L. (1995) "Early-Release Policies in Florida and New York: Comparing
Determinate and Indeterminate Sentencing Systems." Criminal Justice Policy Review 17(2).
Griset, Pamala L. (1995) "The Politics and Economics of Increased Correctional Discretion Over
Time Served: A New York Case Study," Justice Quarterly. 12 (2).
Griset, Pamala L. (1995) "Determinate Sentencing and Agenda Building: A Case Study of the
Failure of a Reform." Journal of Criminal Justice. 23 (4).
Griset, Pamala L. (1994) "Determinate Sentencing and the High Cost of Overblown Rhetoric."
Crime and Delinquency. 40(4).
2. Book Chapters and Monographs
Bishop, Donna and Pamala Griset (1998) “Going to Scale: Politics and Statewide Detention
Reform.”In The Juvenile Detention Reform Initiative. Annie E. Casey Foundation: Baltimore,
Maryland.
Bishop, Donna and Pamala Griset (1997) The Florida Detention Initiative: An Exploration of
Lessons Learned.”Center for the Study of Youth Policy at Nova University: Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida.
Griset, Pamala (1995) "Criminal Sentencing in the 1990s: In Search of an American System of
Sentencing" In Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice: Shaping Tomorrow's System, Nicky
Ali Jackson, ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Griset, Pamala L. and Fred Cohen (1984) "The Mentally Disordered Inmate: Standards by Legal
Topic," in Fred Cohen (ed.) Sourcebook on the Mentally Disabled Prisoner, Washington, D.C.:
National Institute of Corrections.
Griset, Pamala L. and Donald J. Newman (1983) "Political Reaction to Social Science Research
in Criminal Justice," in W.A. Jones (ed.) Criminal Justice Administration. New York: Marcel
Dekker.
3. Law Reviews
Griset, Pamala L. (1988) "From the Legal Literature," Fred Cohen (ed.) Criminal Law Bulletin,
New York: Warren, Gorham and Lamont, Inc., Six Issues, January- December.
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4. Government Reports
Griset, Pamala L. (2007). History of Sentencing in New York State. Prepared for New York
State Commission on Sentencing Reform and incorporated in their report entitled “The Future of
Sentencing in New York State: A Preliminary Proposal for Reform.” Albany, New York:
Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Primary Author, Recommendations of the New York State Advisory Commission on DNA,
Albany: Advisory Commission on DNA, January 1989.
Primary Author, Determinate Sentencing: Report and Recommendations, New York: Committee
on Sentencing Guidelines, April 1985.
Primary Author, Determinate Sentencing: A Preliminary Proposal for Public Comment, New
York: Committee on Sentencing Guidelines, January 1985.
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