In reply to Billy the fish:
this goes on over here now. Might not be as open and format but it happens.
Troublesome neighbors get moved on by the council....where to? Usually there'll be an estate or two where they get moved to which will be a shthole.
I grew up living across the road from a very bad estate and was used to being attacked regularly simply for walking down the street. The accent on one side of the street was totally different from on the other side.
It only changed when the council sold the estate to a private company to manage and they started having a 3 strikes and your out kind of system which meant the scum got moved elsewhere. Not sure where but I bet that's now a sht hole because of it!
not a great solution as it's just moving the problem, but can anyone suggest a better idea really? Particularly if it was official and therefore they could openly have a big police presence as mentioned? It's either that or they live next door to you which you won't like.