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[lupire]

If there are fewer jobs than people, some people will not have jobs and theus be tempted into criminal behavior.

If there are more jobs than people, felons will be hired.

[akerl_ → lupire]

This is pretty intensely reductive of the actual state of the world. It only works if all people are competing for all jobs, which they are not.

To pick a boring example, see the multitude of companies complaining about labor shortages and also the number of felons who are struggling to find jobs.