Christopher Contreras

Dados Biográficos

ID3697841
NOMEChristopher Contreras
PRENOMESChristopher
SOBRENOMEContreras
ASSINATURACONTRERAS C
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Massachusetts Boston
ORCID0000-0002-2418-3847
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2021
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Social Strain or Self-Control

    Christopher Contreras, Henry N Pontell et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2025Referências: 92

  • Neighborhoods and Health

    Christopher ContrerasARTICLEDeviant Behavior2023Referências: 91

    In this paper, I applied criminological theory to the epidemiological understanding of health-related deviant behavior such as problematic drug use. To that end, I built and subsequently tested an epidemiological model informed by macro-level criminological theory that helped explain the spatial distribution of accidental drug deaths across neighborhoods in a heavily suburban area (i.e. unincorporated Miami-Dade County, FL), analyzing toxicology …

  • Occupational crimes in casinos

    Open AccessHenry N Pontell, Jianhong Liu et al.ARTICLECrime Law and Social Change2022

  • Neighborhood Walkability and Crime

    Open AccessNarae Lee, Christopher ContrerasARTICLEEnvironment and Behavior2021

    We draw on theoretical insights from criminology in using the Walk Score index to analyze walkability’s relationship to spatial crime patterns on Los Angeles city blocks. Results from our first set of negative binomial regression models show that walkability had an especially strong linear effect on robbery rates: a 24% increase in the robbery rate accompanied a 10-point increase in Walk Score on a block, controlling for the effects of local busi…