Here, too, the things that work - such as the faith-inspired Circles project in Canada, which is now gaining a foothold here - are often far removed from the naming and shaming, cognitive skills courses and sex offenders treatment programmes that we hear so much about.
Even if things go as Democrats hope and Trump were to be removed by impeachment, it's not like the the Resistance would immediately gain some major new foothold in the government.
Of a Battle for Church's Future Spain may be the Vatican's last real foothold in an increasingly secular Europe, but battle lines were drawn when a judge ruled in November that crucifixes must be removed from a school's walls in a small Spanish town.
Under Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the cowboy head of Saudi Intelligence until he was removed in April 2014, the Saudis also funneled huge amounts of arms and money to some of the most militant groups battling Syria's Assad -- helping ISIS gain its foothold in Iraq.
The fall of the Assad government would remove Shiite Iran's last and most valued foothold in the Arab world, and its opening to the Mediterranean.
By removing the lowest-cost national competitor -- T-Mobile -- from the wireless market, the merger would make it more difficult for families of color, who make up about half of T-Mobile's customers, to find a foothold in today's digital society.
"It fears that soccer will take a foothold in Australia.
But gangs were starting to take a foothold there, too.
The removal of the anchor strand liberates the foothold and one foot of the walker.
"We had a foothold there.
Islamic State (IS) will cement its foothold.
