You are right and you are wrong. The several state legislatures made arrest in DVs mandatory based on various factors. Where I worked it was based on visible evidence of a recent assault. Prior to that we did just what you stated. Refereed DVs, many times giving a ride to one spouse or the other to another home to spend the night and cool off and, usually, sober up. Arrests were only made if there was no other choice. The N.O.W. gang and others hyped the violence in DVs and stampeded legislatures into passing the mandatory arrest laws. Now the jails are full of DV arrests, and many real crooks can’t be booked because there is no room at the inn.
“You are right and you are wrong. The several state legislatures made arrest in DVs mandatory based on various factors. Where I worked it was based on visible evidence of a recent assault....”
True, a lot depends on what State/location you live in but it’s real easy for a woman to bruise herself and say he did this, then hello jail time! There are also a lot of States that have a “primary aggressor” law that basic mandates the arrest of the biggest/strongest person of the couple. Unless you’re talking about a lesbian couple this means that no what who is bleeding the guy is the one that is going to jail.
They have also married up these liberal DV arrest laws with loosing your 2nd amendment rights so this is a double whammy for a lot of guys.