>> Non felon: somebody I can feel reasonably confident that he won’t steal from me or get into a fight with co-workers or customers. <<
Right. Someone you “feel” reasonably confident won’t steal from you. And those feelings are based on what, exactly?
A rap sheet as long as my arm ?????
One going back to when the applicant was about 12?
>> Right. Someone you “feel” reasonably confident won’t steal from you. And those feelings are based on what, exactly?<<
To a large degree, past history, plus what I might know about how he was raised. Somebody with a history of criminal activity, raised in a culture that makes it OK to steal from people who are not regarded as being of the same community, I would regard as a poor risk.