Back in August, I posted about an alarming increase in female DUI arrests and convictions, based on a national study. This article in the Clarion Ledger in Jackson today confirms that Mississippi is in line with that national trend. The article shows that, according to Mississippi Department of Public Safety statistics, female DUI arrests in Mississippi have risen every year but two since 1998.
The article really doesn’t offer any scientific explanation, and I won’t either. I think that Chief Tyrone Lewis, interim chief of the Jackson Police Department, probably summed up the general attitude of law enforcement when he said ”To us, a DUI is a DUI, regardless of gender.” DUI is an equal opportunity crime, and while this noticeable trend may be a good research project for someone in academia, in the meantime we will keep holding the government to its burden of proof, case-by-case, regardless of gender.
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