(a) In a criminal prosecution, expert testimony is admissible to show, in regard to a specific criminal street gang or criminal street gangs whose conduct is relevant to the case,
- (1) common characteristics of persons who are members of the criminal street gang or criminal street gangs;
- (2) rivalries between specific criminal street gangs;
- (3) common practices and operations of the criminal street gang or criminal street gangs and the members of those gangs;
- (4) social customs and behavior of members of the criminal street gang or the criminal street gangs;
- (5) terminology used by members of the criminal street gang or the criminal street gangs;
- (6) codes of conduct of the particular criminal street gang or criminal street gangs; and
- (7) the types of crimes that are likely to be committed by the particular criminal street gang.
- (b) In this section, “criminal street gang” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(b).