Let's teach them combat skill's, after a short stint in an armed force they can join civvy street well equipped in the art of urban warfare...No thats not a good idea.
You knocked the nail on the head mate, you made mistakes, you paid the price, then you finally grew up...
Life offers the youth of today nothing, the UK is heading towards a recession, and crime rates are up...
My suggestion is more Police, more bobbies in body armour on the beat, more patrol cars, more helecopters, more of eveything, curfews for kids, and tougher sentences, lets build super borstals, get the army involved and start a fresh.