University of Arkansas at Little Rock

David R. Montague (drmontague@ualr.edu) is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and director of the UALR Senior Justice Center which mentors college students while addressing elder crime. He also serves as the coordinator for the UALR Master of Science program in criminal justice. Dr. Montague completed federal investigations for fourteen years in law enforcement and intelligence capacities, and then as a consultant. He is also the recipient of the 2009 UALR College of Professional Studies Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching.
Dr. Montague serves on the Board of Directors for LifeQuest and the Arkansas Senior Medicare Fraud Patrol’s Advisory Council. His present major project is the Delta Project to address health care fraud against seniors in the Arkansas Delta via a grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging and partnership with the Arkansas SMP and the Tri-County Rural Health Network. In October of 2009, he will begin his term as president of the Southwest Association of Criminal Justice, the association of criminal justice educators for this region of the United States falling under the umbrella of the national Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.Education:
PhD – 2002 Political Science - Howard University – Washington, DC
MA – 1996 Crime in Commerce - George Washington University – Washington, DC
BA – 1989 Political Science - Morehouse College – Atlanta, Georgia

Research Interests:
Elder Crime, Prescription Drug Diversion, and Social Justice Policy
Select Publications:
Thombre, Avinsah; Montague, David R.; Maher, Jennifer; and Zohra, Tusty. If I Could Say it Myself: Communicating the structure of the criminal justice system to children of incarcerated parents. Journal of Correctional Education (2009).

Tsamis, Vasiliki J.; Rebok, George W.; and Montague, David R. The Relationship between Encoding Ability and Aggressive Behavior. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice (2009).

Montague, David R.; Zohra, Tusty; McGee, Darryl K.; Love, Sonja; and Tsamis, Vasiliki J. Hazing Typologies: Those who criminally haze and those who receive criminal hazing. Victims & Offenders Vol. 3 (2008).

Montague, David R.; Parker, Mary L.; Hanson, Sandra H.; and Chastain, Charles D. Numbers: Using innovative online course support strategies to raise college course enrollment. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. Vol. 3, No. 4, (December 2007).

Arkansas 2020: The changing demographics and challenges facing Arkansas’ state government in 2020. Produced in 2006 for Senator Shane Broadway and the 85th General Assembly of the State of Arkansas. Faculty Coordinators - Ty Borders, Ph.D.; David R. Montague, Ph.D.; Gregory Russell, Ph.D., J.D.; Joe Schriver, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.; David Underwood, Ph.D.; Ashvin Vibhakar, Ph.D.; Other major contributors - Gregory Hamilton, Ph.D.; Terre McLendon; Vaughan Wingfield; Martha Phillips, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.; Willa Sanders, M.P.A. (January 2007).

Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services. Task Force of Arkansas Adult Protective Services: Report to the Arkansas Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (September 14, 2006).

Selected Research:
2009 U.S. Administration on Aging – Award #90SM0007/02. Healthcare Fraud in Arkansas Delta Research Grant. Arkansas Department of Human Services. Currently serve as principal investigator on a contract from a $200,000 federal grant to research health care fraud against senior citizens.
2008 Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Division on Aging. Facilitated creation of
comprehensive computerized training for Arkansas Adult Protective Services investigators. $7,000.00. Collaborated with the UALR Center for the Study of Environmental Criminology and Partners for Inclusive Communities.
2007 Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape, & Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence Prevention Education Grant. $40,000. Principal Investigator on this grant over two years to educate and understand sexual violence against senior citizens.
2006 Assisted with creation of survey research instrument used in the first-ever UALR Student Racial Attitudes Study.
2005 Faculty Coordinator for the Public Safety Subcommittee for Arkansas 2020 Statewide Legislative Research Project to understand resource needs between 2006-2020 in Arkansas. Sponsored by Senator Shane Broadway.
2004 Part of research team to revise the Arkansas Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment (SOSRA) data categories, computerization, and implementation planning project in collaboration with the Arkansas Sex Offender Management Team and Arkansas Department of Correction.

Boards and Committees:
• Member - LifeQuest of Arkansas Board of Directors. 2008-Present
• 1st Vice President - Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (2008-Present). 2nd Vice President (2007-2008). Treasurer (2004-2007).
• Member - UALR NCA Accreditation Self-Study Sub-Committee on Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge. 2007 to 2008
• Member - UALR Chancellor’s Committee on Race. 2007 to Present
• Vice Chair - Arkansas Department of Corrections, Pine Bluff Prison Unit, Inmate Leadership Council’s Community Reentry Initiative Board of Directors. 2006-Present
• Member - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Academic Review Committee. 2006-2009
• Senator - UALR Faculty Senate. 2006-2008
• Member - Downtown Little Rock Neighborhood Development Corporation Board. 2006-2007
• Member - Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Adult Protective Services, Nursing Home Abuse Advisory Committee Task Force. 2006
• Member - Arkansas Senior Medicare Fraud Patrol Statewide Advisory Council - SMP. 2005-Present
• Member - University of Arkansas School of Medical Sciences Substance Abuse Treatment Clinic Advisory Board. 2004-Present
• Member - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Sex Offender Management Team. 2004-2007