Pamela Black - Profile

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Pamela Black, Ph.D.

Professor of Criminal Justice | Discipline Coordinator, Division of Social Sciences and Education
Penn State Hazleton

Dr. Pamela Black is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State Hazleton, where she serves as the Discipline Coordinator for the Division of Social Sciences and Education. Her research focuses on deviance, strain, and minority group status, with a growing emphasis on age minorities and late-life criminal behavior.

Dr. Black has published extensively on topics related to social learning theory, cannabis use among older adults, and shifting social norms around aging and deviance. Her work examines how early socialization into deviant behaviors—such as drug use and alternative sexual practices—continues to shape behaviors and perceptions in later life. Her research also explores geriatric crime, elder fraud, and the intersections of aging, stigma, and criminality.

She has been an active contributor to both academic and public discussions on deviance and aging, and her work bridges the disciplines of criminology, sociology, and gerontology.
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