Media Contacts: If you would like to interview Ms. Taylor-Austin for news, radio or television/film, please contact her with specific information about your project.

If you are seeking referrals to gang members or former gang members, do not contact Ms. Taylor-Austin, as she is unable to make these referrals due to professional ethical obligations.

Published and Quoted

Books

• Social Issues Firsthand:Gangs - Published 2008  Table of Contents
• Left For Dead:Faith, Family & the Mob - Published 2006
• Family Abuse: Causes, Consequences & Responses - Published 2001

Articles & Interviews

• Psychology of Why People Join Gangs – Sirius Radio, “The Badge with Howard Safir.” March 2012
  
• Gangs – Panel Discussion – Sirius Radio, “The Badge with Howard Safir.” March 2012
• Becoming A Gang Member – An Interview With Lisa Taylor-Austin – Associated Content – June 2010

• Getting Inside Gang Mentality — Counseling Today — May 2010
• Bridgeport Gangs — Connecticut Post — October 2007
• Yankees Caps: Gang Related? — AM News – Newsday– October 2007
• Residents Taking ProActive Steps — AM News – Holland Sentinel– August 2007
• NBC30 News Interview: Gangs Recruiting Connecitcut’s Youth — NBC30, May 1, 2007.
• Gang Witnesses — Houston Chronicle– 2007

(English version) Backspin Magazine, Germany, Issue 83, March 2007.
(German version) Backspin Magazine, Germany, Ausgabe 83, page 96, Marz 2007.

• Los Angeles Comprehensive Gang Plan (KFWB – AM radio, Los Angeles, CA) – February 8, 2007

MP3 of Interview 2/8/07

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• Allure of the Streets — Chattanooga Times Free Press — July 3, 2006
• Critical Steps: Prevention, Intervention, Suppression — Pulse 24 — August 05, 2005
• Freeing youth from the grip of gangs Counselors help gang members reconnect with mainstream society — Counseling Today Article — March 2005
• Podcast: What Parents Need to Know About Gangs — February 13, 2005.
• Newburgh aims to end cycle of gang violence — Poughkeepsie Journal — December 20, 2004
• “Police sense resurgence of gang activity” — The Stamford Advocate — November 21, 2004
• Game mocks real tragedy, gang experts say, ‘Grand Theft Auto’ series gives credibility to lifestyle, they warn — MSNBC, Nov. 6, 2004
• “Gang crimes” getting more sophisticated – Boston Globe – January 2004
• “Kids and Gangs,” The Tavis Smiley Show, National Public Radio (NPR), August 2002.
• “Time for City Hall to Fight Gangs” – Jennifer O’Brien, London Free Press – July 19, 2002
• “I’m not worried” – Ian Gillespie, London Free Press – July 18, 2002
• “Gangs still a threat for bored, lonely youths” – Eagle Tribune – Feb 2002
• “Possible gang presence a concern in Montville” – “The Day” http://www.theday.com/ – Connecticut News Site
• Expert Discusses Violent Video Game “Beat Down” – 6 PM News (WOKR – TV 13 Rochester, NY)
  

Video of Interview – 6/19/99

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Video of Interview – 4/22/99

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