Gary Potter's assessment of dealing with organized crime and the attempt to eliminate it involves a reduction in the products of organized crime

If we can reduce or eliminate the consumer's demand of the products of organized crime, we can control organized crime. Is this possible? Many have made the same argument about prostitution.
What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Should include these potential items.

Educate the public about their behavior and the consequences of that behavior
Punish the consumers
Organized crime is a system within the social system
Is it possible to correct our social system and eliminate corruption?
Society would have to rely upon those entrusted to enact and enforce the law to do so fairly and without corruption
Within human nature, is this possible?

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