Complex sentence: In 1999 women accounted for 14 per cent of arrests for violent crime, but Ministry of Justice research shows the number of women convicted of violent crimes between 1986 and 1996 was up 135 per cent-while the number of male offenders increased 83 per cent.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1999 women accounted for 14 per cent of all arrests for violent crime. However, the number of women convicted of violent crimes between 1986 and 1996 was up 135 per cent.