§ 18-23-101. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Criminal street gang” means any ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal: Which has as one of its primary objectives or activities the commission of one or more predicate criminal acts; and Whose members individually or collectively engage […]

§ 18-23-102. Recruitment of Juveniles for a Criminal Street Gang

A person commits recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang if he or she is eighteen years of age or older and: Knowingly solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, coerces, or otherwise causes a person younger than eighteen years of age to actively participate in or become a member of a criminal street gang; or […]