Law and Order in Late 19th Century
The idea of the police force was invented in the nineteenth century.
In 1800 there were two police forces in Britain. The first one is the
bow street runners, which had been invented in 1749, the other was the
Thames River police, which was just two years old. Then the
Metropolitan Police force was set up in 1829. This still exists today.
This police force was created to carry out the functions of both the
watchmen and the special constables. They were to patrol the streets
in order to keep order and deter crime. They were also used to tackle
major disturbances such as riots. They were used to stop disorderly
behaviour. They had to deal with drunkenness, beggars, vagrants and
prostitutes.
They were 'not meant to solve crime'; there concentration was to
prevent crime. Detective work was in its infancy and there were few
officers on the 'beat' in London. Before 1829 watchmen and parish
constables patrolled the streets of many British towns and cities.
They were probably quite effective, because they new the local area
and local troublemakers, but little is known about them. These
officers could not deal with riots. The Police force adopted the blue
uniform, with tailcoat, a top hat as few badges and decorations as
possible because they were getting confused with the army. In 1839 the
Rural Constabulary Act allowed magistrates to decide whether or not to
set up police forces in each country.
The whole system was sorted out to some extent in 1856 when the C&B
act made all countries have a police force. The new police force was
unpopular, mainly because of its methods of crowd control. Another
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police look for any other than locals. Police did not work together;
there was a battle against the police forces because they both wanted
the glory of catch 'Jack The Ripper'.
It would have been very dark, they would not have had a watch so they
would have had to guess the time. They would not have been able to be
exact, the time was only able to be told by the hourly chiming of the
big clock, and this would have made the time that they could give the
police only rough estimates.
The police had no idea of how to track a serial killer, it had never
been done before, and they had no idea of where to start and what was
the best way of tracking him. Also Homelessness was a major problem at
the time, so street was packed with prostitutes, immigrants and
unemployed people, all looking for some way to gain money.
around at 4:45. This sets the time frame of the investigation. The next morning, the
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