Violent women 'stretching police' / BBC, 9 August 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7550755.stm

"Increasing numbers of violent women are stretching police resources, a police association has warned. About 240 women a day are arrested for violent crime in England and Wales, according to recent figures. Police in Scotland and Northern Ireland say, anecdotally, they have also seen an increase in female violence."