For sometime, the reasons for gang creation have been studied in an effort to reduce overall gang violence. “At recent count, there are an estimated 850,000 gang members in the United States in more than 30,000 gangs. With so many of today's youth adhering to the life in a gang, what is pushing them to pursue an early life of criminality. In reference to the Rational Choice view on youths joining a gang, “Members of the underclass turn to gangs as a way of obtaining desired goods and services, either directly through theft and extortion or indirectly through drug dealing and weapons sales” (Siegel Pg. 230). Youths that feel as if they are not able to reach their goals economically through conventional means for say getting a job, consider
