Criminal street gangs

18 U.S. Code § 521. Criminal street gangs

(a)Definitions.—“conviction” includes a finding, under State or Federal law, that a person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency involving a violent or controlled substances felony.“criminal street gang” means an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of 5 or more persons—
(A)
that has as 1 of its primary purposes the commission of 1 or more of the criminal offenses described in subsection (c);
(B)
the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past 5 years, in a continuing series of offenses described in subsection (c); and
(C)
the activities of which affect interstate or foreign commerce.
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