Post by chewbacca on Sept 7, 2009 21:19:36 GMT -5
morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/6777733.html
BY LARRY GRARD
Staff Writer
The reasons vary, but the statistics speak with one voice: More women are being arrested for domestic assaults.
The latest data, supplied by the state Department of Public Safety, show that last year, police arrested 1,067 women for domestic assault. That's up nearly 300 from 2003, representing an 8 percent increase.
Such arrests aren't commonplace, but a trend is there, police say.
"When I started, you might see one a year," said Somerset County Sheriff Barry DeLong, who has 36 years in law enforcement. "I think police officers are more attuned to it. In the past, it wasn't even looked at. Domestic violence is for everybody now."
Police have adjusted their training and responses accordingly.
Ann Jordan, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, said that today, police are trained to arrest "the predominant aggressor," and "dig into the facts" before making a charge.
Jordan also noted the change in societal attitudes.
"Ten years ago," she said, "many men would not come forward because of the stigma involved. And there's an increase in the use of drugs and alcohol, on both sides. People who wouldn't normally assault do so when they're under the influence."
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I think men are starting to get pissed off enough at women now that they have actually started filing lawsuits against them and reporting them to the cops.
Check out the comments to the article on the website. Some are real classics.
This one is great: "When you have 500 pounds coming at you down that long hall in the single wide with a skillet at 5 miles per hour you are looking at a world of hurt!"
BY LARRY GRARD
Staff Writer
The reasons vary, but the statistics speak with one voice: More women are being arrested for domestic assaults.
The latest data, supplied by the state Department of Public Safety, show that last year, police arrested 1,067 women for domestic assault. That's up nearly 300 from 2003, representing an 8 percent increase.
Such arrests aren't commonplace, but a trend is there, police say.
"When I started, you might see one a year," said Somerset County Sheriff Barry DeLong, who has 36 years in law enforcement. "I think police officers are more attuned to it. In the past, it wasn't even looked at. Domestic violence is for everybody now."
Police have adjusted their training and responses accordingly.
Ann Jordan, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, said that today, police are trained to arrest "the predominant aggressor," and "dig into the facts" before making a charge.
Jordan also noted the change in societal attitudes.
"Ten years ago," she said, "many men would not come forward because of the stigma involved. And there's an increase in the use of drugs and alcohol, on both sides. People who wouldn't normally assault do so when they're under the influence."
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I think men are starting to get pissed off enough at women now that they have actually started filing lawsuits against them and reporting them to the cops.
Check out the comments to the article on the website. Some are real classics.
This one is great: "When you have 500 pounds coming at you down that long hall in the single wide with a skillet at 5 miles per hour you are looking at a world of hurt!"