I think short term Draconian measures are called for NOW. This means curfews and some sort of corporal punishment. Not flogging or violent means, but something humiliating like the stocks.
Whether you're right or not, this simply won't happen. Putting people in the stocks? The suggestion would be laughed out of parliament. Any MP coming up with such an idea would end up as a comedy item on local news.
Perhaps - and the fact that it wont happen shows how little seriousness our politicians attach to this problem as they sit in their leafy cottages.
So called Great Britain has become a scum hole!