La violencia representa una enorme carga para la economia de los paises, con perdidas de billones de dolares, representadas en costo de atencion de salud, disminucion de la productividad y gastos en la aplicacion de la justicia. Por cada persona que muere como resultado de la violencia, muchas son heridas o sufren un amplio rango de problemas de salud, fisica, sexual o mental, debidos a la exposicion a la violencia. SUMMARY The violence represents an enormous load for the economy of the countries, with lost of billions of dollars, represented in cost of attention of health, diminution of the productivity and expenses in the application of justice. By each person who dies like results of the violence, many are hurt or undergo an ample rank of health problems, physics, sexual or mental, had to the exhibition to the violence.