LOS ANGELES – Another possible reason cited for the rising arrests: Police are less likely to let women off the hook these days, said Michael Bialys, Los Angeles DUI lawyer.
Nationwide, the number of women arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs was 28.8 percent higher in 2007 than it was in 1998, while the number of men arrested was 7.5 percent lower, according to FBI figures that cover about 56 percent of the country. (Despite the incomplete sample, Alfred Blumstein, a Carnegie Mellon University criminologist, said the trend probably holds true for the country as a whole.)
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