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I'm interested in seeing the for and against for the argument that "crime is a result of social deprivation and social workers are a better use of money than police for solving it". The only arguments I can muster up in favour of policing are common sense ones which don't (though they should) pass muster in online debates.
Caveat: I want to either use this information to win internet arguments or concede the point in my own head and stop starting that argument altogether.
I think there is maybe a world where the argument makes sense.
If you've ever seen good will hunting, imagine every troubled youth had a therapist/helper like Robin Williams' character.
You could probably cut out a lot of crime with an army of competent caring people. This is probably what people imagine when they make the suggestion.
They maybe just think this is way cheaper than all of us think. So it comes down to haggling about costs and prices.
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