Firstly i,d bring in the death penalty for murder, carrying a weapon ( knife/ gun) would carry the minimum of 15years, and a conviction of child cruelty a minimum of 25years, and damn the do gooders and the expence.
Parents who neglect their children in favor of drugs and alcohol = 18 years
Child rape = 25 years with hardened rapist and murderers
Murderers = 10 years solitary confinement and then death