Review of Federal and State Definitions of the Terms "Gang," "Gang Crime," and "Gang Member"

Currently, federal law defines the term "criminal street gang" as "an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of five or more persons — (A) that has as one of its primary purposes the commission of one or more of the criminal offenses described in subsection (c); (B) the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past five years, in a continuing series of offenses described in subsection (c); and (C) the activities of which affect interstate or foreign commerce."