Gang Deconstruction

Brief Review of State Definitions of Gang
National Gang Center Page 13 of 34 December 2016
STATE TERM(S) GROUPING NUMBER FORMALITY PURPOSE OR ACTIVITY IDENTIFIERS
Washington
§ 9.94A.030
Wisconsin
§ 939.22
Wyoming
§ 6-1-104
Criminal street
gang
Organization,
association, or
group
Criminal gang Organization,
association, or
group
Criminal street
gang
Organization,
association, or
group
3 or more
persons
3 or more
persons
5 or more
persons
Formal or
informal
Formal or
informal
Formal or
informal
“having as one of its primary activities the commission of criminal acts,
and whose members or associates individually or collectively engage in
or have engaged in a pattern of criminal street gang activity. This
definition does not apply to employees engaged in concerted activities
for their mutual aid and protection, or to the activities of labor and
bona fide nonprofit organizations or their members or agents”
“that has as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more
one or more of the criminal acts, or acts that would be criminal if the
actor were an adult . . . and whose members individually or collectively
engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity”
“having as one (1) of its primary activities the commission of one (1) or
more of the criminal acts . . . and whose members or associates
individually or collectively engage in or have been engaged in a pattern
of criminal street gang activity”
Common name or common
identifying sign or symbol
Common name, or common
identifying sign or symbol
Common name or identifying
sign or symbol