Can UK lawyers practice in EU after Brexit? Dando case verdict safe, appeal judges told. Criminologists have developed a range of statistics-based tools that support federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. OpenSubtitles2018.v3 In appeals to the Court of Appeal Criminal division, the Criminal Appeal Office currently aims to process a conviction case, from receipt of the application to the final hearing, within 10 months. Criminology's meaning involves analyzing illegal human behaviors and crime prevention methods.