The solution is to change the system by the individual action and perspective that will diminish the entrenched badness, and to spread these philosophies among friends.
So you're suggesting to combat crime with spreading proper philosophies among friends? Good luck with that. What do you think will happen if rape or theft was legalized tomorrow?
Of course. Is law more than canonized moral philosophy?
I don't think rape or theft would be legalized tomorrow, because I don't think the people would accept rapists or thieves among them publicly. If the state refused to act upon its mandate to enforce the canonized moral code of the people (read: the law), the people would enforce it themselves and install a new state that provided the services desired.
The law and other social constructs reflect their society, not the opposite. That's my whole point.
So you're suggesting to combat crime with spreading proper philosophies among friends? Good luck with that. What do you think will happen if rape or theft was legalized tomorrow?