Speaking in parliament, Cameron said local authorities should work to evict those guilty of gang-related crimes from local authority homes.
He added that gangs have blighted a number of estates and proposed that anti-gang schemes such as a successful programme in Boston, in the US, should be emulated here.
"There is a major problem in our society with children growing up not knowing the difference between right and wrong," he said addressing MPs. "This isn’t about poverty, it’s about culture.
"In too many cases the parents of these children, if they are still around, don’t care where these children are or what they are doing.
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