criminology

What is the difference between UK criminology and US criminal justice, for example I want to do a degree in criminal justice in america but was thinking about doing a criminology A level before, would that be a good idea?

I meant the applied diploma, sorry!

What is the difference between UK criminology and US criminal justice, for example I want to do a degree in criminal justice in america but was thinking about doing a criminology applied diploma before, would that be a good idea?

An American Criminal Justice degree is essentially for a person who wants a career either in law enforcement (the police and related careers) or some other part of the criminal justice system outside of being a practising lawyer. These degrees tend to have a lot of content around criminal law, the legal system, and whilst they have some criminology content, they can be quite procedural.

British criminology degrees - as someone else said above are a cross between sociology and psychology but focusing on criminal behaviours.

I want to go to the US for college to study criminal justice, what a levels from the uk would be best for this?

I don't know a great deal about US college admissions. To the best of my knowledge, all offers are unconditional and our system of A-levels is completely different from their High School GPAs. As I understand it, it doesn't matter that much as long as (a) your grades thus far are decent and (b) you have a ton of money. Alternatively, you can bypass all of that if you're good a sports - and especially if you are female as under Title IX, colleges have a lot of scholarship money to give out for women.

My own advice would be not to do it. If you aren't an American, and you have no designs on a top drawer college, then there is nothing to gain and everything to lose. A criminal justice degree is general isn't exactly the apogee of achievement. It would be like paying tens if not hundreds of thousands of pounds to go from here to the US to study undergraduate business studies at Demontfort or Southampton Solent.

Do you actually have some kind of plan in place as to what you want to do?

I would like to be in the police force in the US due to the Uk (apparently, I have been told by friends in the police) being very underfunded, and a lot of my friends have gone to the US to study, and to be in the police in the US you have to have at least a green card which means you have to be there 5 years so going to college is basically essential. I am predicted all 9's at GCSE and with the sport thing I have been to the national finals for athletics and field hockey, I am also in the Royal College of Music junior department but I'm not sure they give out scholarships for music-related things. I have researched the funding, and I think scholarships are basically the only way I am able to afford it, although I do have some sponsors in the UK that have offered to pay for some of my tuition.