The guidance, issued by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, suggests signs of gang involvement can include criminal behaviour, persistent offending and emotional problems.
But Gill Thornton, head of policy at youth sector charity Rathbone, warned that care needs to be taken to ensure the criteria is not used to judge a young person unfairly.
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