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Domestic Abuse: Primary Aggressor

By Baker Associates

The old adage ?familiarity breeds contempt? unfortunately rings even truer when one looks at the criminal landscape in Tennessee. Unfortunately, domestic violence situations comprise a great deal of the criminal activity in this state. There are a lot of reasons for this, but one overwhelming factor is that people who live together generally face life?s biggest ups and downs together. These situations get tense and people don?t always respond in the appropriate manner. Many of these situations result in the police being contacted to get the situation under control. Tennesseans who are engaged in a domestic disturbance may be surprised to say the least when the police show up and arrest them but do not arrest the other person. There is, however, a good reason for law enforcement officials to do so...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on April 27, 2010 (boomark / email).