sentences:  These include the age of the suspect(s), their relationship to the victim(s), and whether the act could be considered an intentional assault.The officer must also be able to identify the "predominant aggressor" 
  
  Research has consistently reported an increase in the use of arrest for domestic violence in the United States.One large (but not necessarily representative) study of over 650,000 incidents drawn from 2,819 jurisdictions in 19 states during the year 2000 found that in the 197,064 incidents when victims and offenders were intimate partners, police made one or more arrests in 48.0 percent of incidents, and dual arrests in 1.9 percent of incidents 
  In regards to same-sex relationships, the arrest rates for domestic violence were the same as those for heterosexual couples.