Female domestic violence arrests up

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'Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office arrest records from 2011 to 2015 show that while the number of male arrests for domestic violence charges hovers between 60 and about 75 a year, the number of female arrests has doubled.

In 2011, there were 20 women arrested for domestic violence. In 2015, there were 42.

Sheriff’s Office Lt. Eric Erhardt said there’s not enough data to say this is a trend or if it’s just random.

However, he said societal opinions on domestic violence have shifted dramatically since the 1970s and 1980s and it is now comprehensible that a woman could be the aggressor.

In eras past, no one would believe it or a man would never come forward to admit being victimized.

Regardless of who is the aggressor, if it’s not dealt with, domestic violence escalates over time, Erhardt said.

Sonora Police Chief Mark Stinson said the cycle of male versus female arrests increasing is hard to follow, track and explain one way or another.

About six or seven years ago, the SPD saw a huge, really noticeable spike in the number of women arrested for domestic violence.'