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Since Voltaire's time, we may have managed to decrease the percentage of stupidity in ourselves, but not without bringing the sense of the word to whole new extremes.
The funny thing is the people who call the police about domestic problems, usually don't need help. But the people who would never call, that's where really bad things happen. Actually if a service were to be set up for domestic problems, such as a consulting hotline, people would call once, be upset by the advice they asked for, and never call again.
That's why calling the police works well. When nothing is wrong, reminiscent of a childhood threat, calling the police is a powerful yet empty rebuttal because at worse they will actually come, make things uncomfortable, then kiss the boo-boo; the final step having been supposedly taken. When things are wrong, the police can't actually do anything about it short of seperating or removing a party. They might refer to someone, and again people might try it, not like what they hear, and rather not get help.
The police can't stop crime, they can only catch criminals.
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