Study: Incidents declined by 26 percent from 1993 to 2006

Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- They come from all walks of life. One teenage girl cuts her thighs after piano lessons to avoid the crushing pressure for perfection. She sees a therapist twice a week, but she never gets better.

By Teri Banas

By Laura Angus | Flint Journal

FLINT (WJRT) -- (11/19/09)--When a young person commits a crime, we ask, "What went wrong?"

But the root of the problem is often planted in their hearts and minds during their first few years of life.

How they are treated effects their ability to trust and to love, and it even determines how likely someone is to become violent.

By Laura Angus | Flint Journal on November 10, 2009, 7:01PM

New novel ‘Nairobi to Shenzhen’ is patterned in part on Bara

By Beata Mostafavi | Flint Journal

By Laura Angus | Flint Journal

October 26, 2009, 8:18PM

FLINT, Michigan -- A suspect is in custody awaiting arraignment on felony murder and first-degree child abuse charges in the death of 7-month-old Naviah I. Griffin.