Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
- Zavala, E., Perez, G., & Rios-Contreras, N. (2021, Under review). Delinquent Behavior as a Mediator Between Enculturation/Family Cohesion, Negative Emotions, and Dating Violence Victimization among Latinx Youth. Journal of Family Violence.
- Rios-Contreras, N. (2021). Desastres Impactando el Tránsito México-Estados Unidos: El Control Migratorio, Racismo y COVID-19 [Disasters Impacting Mexico-United States Transit: Migration Control, Racism and COVID-19]. Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER.
Book Chapters
- Rios-Contreras, N. (2021, Accepted for Publication). Digitizing transit and borders: Social media use during a forced migration through Mexico to the United States. In D. Dalton & D. Ramírez Plascencia (Eds.), Imagining Latinidad: Digital diasporas and public engagement among Latin American migrants. Boston, MA: Brill.
- Rios-Contreras, N. (2020). Forced Displacement of Migrants from Countries of Origin and Their Transit Migration Through Mexico to the US. In H. Kara & S. Khoo (Eds.), Creativity and Ethics: Research Methods in a Global Crisis. Bristol, England: Policy Press.
Reports
- Wachtendorf, T., Tharp, C., and Rios-Contreras, N. (2021). Covid-19: Impacts on Delawareans Living with HIV. Disaster Research Center Report. Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware: Newark, DE.
- Winand, A., Contreras, N., Seekford, B., and Ware, M. (2018) Implementation Evaluation Report Freedom School History Scholars Program. Delaware Historical Society.
- Winand, A., Contreras, N., and Ware, M. (2017). Implementation Evaluation Report Pilot Freedom School History Scholars Program. Delaware Historical Society.
Encyclopedia Entries
- Contreras, N. (2020). Brown, Michael, Killing of. In J. Bumgarner, and C. Lewandowski (Eds), Criminal Justice in America: The Encyclopedia of Crime, Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections. CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc.
- Contreras, N. (2017). Affirmative Action and Female CJS Workers. In F.P. Bernat and K. Frailing (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. Hoboken, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- Contreras, N. (2016).Racist Hate Crime. In K. Corteen, P. Taylor and S. Morley (Eds), A Companion to Crime, Harm and Victimisation. UK: Policy Press.