The pie chart shows the percentage of persons arrested in the five years ending 1994 and the bar chart shows the most recent reasons for arrest. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The pie charts display the

percentage

of

females

and males arrested between 1989 and 1994,

whereas

the bar chart shows, by gender, what they were arrested for and the

percentage

of arrests for every crime.

Overall

, males were arrested more than

females

, and public drinking was the most common reason for arrest for both.

To begin

, the proportion of males arrested was much greater than for

females

. 32% of them were arrested during the given period, compared to 9% for the female category.

Men

were twice as likely to be arrested for drunk driving than

females

, at slightly above 25% and just under 15%, respectively. Breach of order, theft, and other reasons were

also

higher for

men

, with all the reasons between a

percentage

of 12% and approximately 18% for both sexes. Notably, women experienced a higher rate of arrests for assault and public drinking.  The former

offense

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was at approximately 18%, quite similar to

men

's

percentage

, and the latter, the main reason for arrests, at around 38%, roughly 7% more than

men

that were arrested for committing

this

crime.

Moreover

, approximately 5% of women and

men

didn't say what they were arrested for.