Thousands of women are being unnecessarily arrested, say MPs and peers

Up to half of women arrested are released by police without any further action and are being taken into custody unnecessarily, says study for a cross party group of MPs and peers. The research, by the Howard League for Penal Reform, found that victims of domestic violence were particularly susceptible to being arrested only to be released with no further action by the police. In one force, almost three quarters of the women arrested had previously come to the attention of the police as victims o