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My own way of dealing with problem players is not very technical, but at times it's amazingly effective.
I talk to them.
You'd be amazed how often that actually works, even with what might have seemed like hopeless cases at first. The troublemakers are usually quite intelligent. I guess that's why talking sometimes gives such good results. If you can put them on some meaningful task, making them work WITH you instead of against you, it usually works even better. Bored players quite often gets into mischief, so the trick is to keep them occupied with something that keeps their interest.
Troublemakers quite often make excellent playtesters and bug-catchers, because they know all the irregular ways of approaching a zone. Some of them make excellent Builders too, although not all of them have the patience for that.
They probably make even better coders, although I'd never trust any of them within the shell...
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