I don't think discussing a leading cause of felonies is off-topic in a thread about employing felons.

It really is, because the more generic the tangent, the more force it has to carry off the entire thread.

IMO it's an important point that needs to be better understood. I wrote about it recently at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14917723 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14912821 if anyone's interested.