Yes, that is exactly how to fix the problem

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Evicting rioters' families from their homes? There's a horrible logic to it

I hate this pattern of punishing people for behaviours associated with poverty by making them more poor. I'm not saying the rioters were blameless political dissidents fighting for freedom or whatever, but the economic situation was obviously related to them feeling like rioting was a reasonable action (Although David Cameron disagrees), and I can't see how pushing their entire family onto the street is going to help matters. See also the the Australian government's tendency to cut people off welfare for sneezing in the wrong direction.

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The family evictions are a form of 'collective punishment' which has dubious legality in the UK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_punishment

The Tory response to the riots - describing them as an expression of 'pure criminality' and repeatedly using racialised language or complaining in veiled terms about the 'different language' (meaning the street patois of Caribbean origin widely spoken in some communities) of the street - is reprehensible, and more to the point, the authoritarian measures being employed are highly unlikely to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence of the rioting.