Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 24, 2024

Title 32 - National Defense last revised: Nov 18, 2024
§ 147.12 - Guideline J—Criminal conduct.

(a) The concern. A history or pattern of criminal activity creates doubt about a person's judgment, reliability and trustworthiness.

(b) Conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include: (1) Allegations or admissions of criminal conduct, regardless of whether the person was formally charged;

(2) A single serious crime or multiple lesser offenses.

(c) Conditions that could mitigate security concerns include: (1) The criminal behavior was not recent;

(2) The crime was an isolated incident;

(3) The person was pressured or coerced into committing the act and those pressures are no longer present in that person's life;

(4) The person did not voluntarily commit the act and/or the factors leading to the violation are not likely to recur;

(5) Acquittal;

(6) There is clear evidence of successful rehabilitation.

authority: E.O. 12968 (60 FR 40245, 3 CFR 1995 Comp., p 391)
source: 63 FR 4573, Jan. 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 32 CFR 147.12