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The only effective thing to do is get parties voted that enable general social safety. In countries where people don't starve when they don't have a job criminality is much lower.
The American public generally supports the kinds of policies we see in "good socialist" countries like the Netherlands, but our voting and representation system has locked in a right and far-right party. We're going to have to get Approval Voting and Proportional Representation installed via referendum if we want the elected officials to actually represent the will of the people.