Gangs are the result of basic problems such as poverty, disintegration, disemployement, school desertion, despair, boredom, racism, drugs, etc. For young people, gangs satisfy basic and essential human need to associate with a group, a feeling of identification y affirmation of which are missing in other parts of their lives. A study at the University of Chicago showed that now these young gangs exist in each of the 50 states uncluding hawaii and alaska. Because there are more gangs there are more violent acts, and more so there is an urgency to find a solucion to this roblem. Without doubt, the lack of investment in the youth of today assures that the jails will be full tomorrow.