Only one thing will change it: Facing it head on and working to change a culture which adores criminality.
A small example of adoring criminality: I had no idea why young men think it's cool to wear pants that are so oversized they fall off. To me it's clownish. I recently learned the reason it's so popular is they're emulating prisoners, who are not allowed to wear belts.
Bill Cosby alluded to this during one of his infamous rants a few months ago. He was referring to the way even many well-meaning black parents he knew with strong religious convictions couldn't even set some basic behavioral standards for their kids. His comment was an absolute classic (I paraphrase here):
"What are you doing -- waiting for Jesus to come and pull your kid's pants up and put his hat on straight?"