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Domestic Violence

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

Does domestic violence affect a security clearance?

Domestic Violence is an issue decided under Guideline J, Criminal Conduct. In the decided DOHA record it appears in 371 hearing-level cases, and 23% of the 371 decided ended with access granted (87 granted, 284 denied). The mitigating conditions judges credited most often, and example decisions either way, are below.

Basis: 371 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.

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Decided cases

371

hearing-level decisions raising this issue

Granted

23%

87 granted · 284 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions cited

The formal mitigating conditions the case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted and in cases that were denied. Each is shown with its paragraph number and a plain name. Read what each condition says.

  • ¶ 32(a) · So much time has passed, or the circumstances were so unusual

    In granted cases
    46
    In denied cases
    20

  • ¶ 32(d) · Successful rehabilitation shown

    In granted cases
    29
    In denied cases
    13

  • ¶ 32(c) · No reliable evidence that the person committed the offense

    In granted cases
    26
    In denied cases
    4

  • ¶ 32(b) · The person acted under pressure that is unlikely to recur

    In granted cases
    19
    In denied cases
    4

Circumstances credited in granted cases

The specific circumstances the judge expressly credited among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted.
  • rehabilitation evidence · credited in 10 granted cases
  • no subsequent offenses · credited in 5 granted cases
  • passage of time · credited in 4 granted cases
  • explanation of omission credible · credited in 1 granted case
  • abstinence period documented · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01414Granted2026

    Applicant, a 25-year-old defense contractor employee, was granted eligibility for a security clearance after the judge found he mitigated Guideline G and Guideline J concerns. The SOR alleged two alco…

  • ISCR Case No. 24-01085Granted2026

    Applicant, a defense contractor quality assurance program manager and Navy veteran, faced allegations under Guidelines J, E, and H involving decades of criminal conduct, traffic offenses, workplace di…

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01184Denied2026

    Applicant, a 32 year old IT worker, was denied a security clearance after the judge found unresolved financial delinquencies, unfiled federal and state tax returns, a state tax lien, two arrests, and …

  • ISCR Case No. 25-00603Denied2026

    Applicant, a 49 year old overseas pest control specialist, was denied national security eligibility. The judge found the Guideline F financial concerns unresolved because several delinquent debts rema…

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How these numbers are measured

Scope: decided hearing-level cases whose per-allegation profile records this issue, matched to the same issue value the search filters use, so a count here and a filtered search always agree. A case raising several issues counts under each one. The mitigating conditions and the credited circumstances below were extracted for a subset of the record, so both are counts of cases rather than rates. Pages exist only for issues with at least 25 decided cases, and † marks any split built on fewer than 20.

Reading the statistics

  • Granted = access granted or continued; Denied = denied or revoked.
  • Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied).
  • † marks figures based on fewer than 20 cases, too few to be reliable.
  • Hovering any rate shows its statistical range (a 95% confidence interval).
  • Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.

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