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Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline J · Criminal Conduct

Assault or Battery

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.

Decided cases
588
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
23%
134 granted · 454 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions cited

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are numbers of cases, not rates. Read what each condition says.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 32(a)7232
¶ 32(d)4717
¶ 32(c)2816
¶ 32(b)2110

Circumstances credited in granted cases

Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

  • rehabilitation evidence · credited in 15 granted cases
  • acknowledgment and remorse · credited in 10 granted cases
  • no subsequent offenses · credited in 8 granted cases
  • passage of time · credited in 4 granted cases
  • explanation of omission credible · credited in 2 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 06-25765.h1 granted · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 46-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought to maintain his security clearance. The Department of Defense raised concerns under the criminal conduct guidel
  • ISCR 07-00502 granted · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 36-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) cit
  • ISCR 06-26073 denied · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 37-year-old single man with three children, employed as a sheet metal welder for a military contractor. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Stat
  • ISCR 06-26006.h1 denied · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 46-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue were Guideline J (Criminal Conduct) and Guideline E

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Related issues under Guideline J

For questions about how this issue has been treated on particular facts, the assistant searches the record, and the CASE Prep service provides a written, human-reviewed response. Descriptive research only: not legal advice or a prediction.