Criminology is the study of the causes, control, management, motivation, and other details of crime.
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The Complete University Guide has an excellent guide to Criminology at University. Click on the logo opposite to find out more.
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Click here for UCAS's personal statement web app
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Click here for advice from Which? on shaping your personal statement
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Click here for advice from The Complete University Guide on writing your personal statement
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Books to read for Criminology UCAS application
It is recommended that you discuss this with VXE, as different books will be useful for different courses and different universities.
This list from Ebay helps those interested in studying Criminology  explore some of the most compelling cases in history and ponder what compelled the criminals to perform their acts and how the skills of the criminologists solved the crimes.
  1. Student Handbook of Criminal Justice and Criminology by John Muncie and David Wilson
  2. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
  3. Key Readings in Criminology by Tim Newburn
  4. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
  5. The Oxford Handbook of Criminology by Mike Maguire
  6. Criminology by Tim Newburn
  7. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell
  8. Criminology: A Reader by Yvonne Jewkes and Gayle Letherby
  9. The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations by Keppel and Birnes
  10. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by Special Agent John Douglas
Other Ways to Prepare for Criminology at Uni
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Read the British Journal of Criminology
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Try a MOOC
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Try a Funzing talk or lecture
League Table for Criminology
Have a look at the Guardian's League Table for Criminology. Click on the logo opposite to find out more.
Choosing a University - Using Predicted Grades
It is worthwhile narrowing down the 169 universities by looking at those which make offers based on your predicted grades. Which? and The Guardian League tables can help you to filter by your predicted grades.
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Click 'refine your search' and enter your predicted grades.
Choosing a University - go to the Open Days
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Click here to discover OpenDays.Com's calendar
Highly Selective Universities 
The Bromley Briefings
The file on the right is published each year. The data is drawn largely from government sources. The report charts the extraordinary rise in prison numbers over the last twenty years, inflation in sentencing and the social and economic consequences of overuse of custody. It reveals the state of our overcrowded prisons and the state of people in them, the impact of deep budget cuts, the pace and scale of change in the justice system and the scope for community solutions to crime.
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