One criminal getting trapped in dogs’ claws (8)
I believe the answer is:
toenails
'claws' is the definition.
'one criminal getting trapped in dogs'' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'getting trapped in' is an insertion indicator.
'dogs'' becomes 'tails' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'one' is an anagram of 'oen'.
'oen' inserted into 'tails' is 'TOENAILS'.
(Other definitions for toenails that I've seen before include "Extremities" , "types of digital hardware" .)