Investigating Why the Police Were Unable to Catch Jack the Ripper
I believe the most important reason why Jack the Ripper was so hard to
catch was because of the lack of evidence. In those days they did not
have as advanced technology as we have today for instance, we have
forensics where we can tell from a strand of hair who that hair
belongs to. In those days they were only just learning the
significance of footprints to catching a villain. Another part to this
is that Jack the Ripper was so random towards who he killed the police
could not find a link between the murders except that they were all
prostitutes, which did not really help, although prostitute murders
were not terribly uncommon.
The press coverage to the case didn’t help much as they had forced the
police to investigate ‘Leather Apron’ and this wasted a significant
amount of the police time which, if spent properly, may have allowed
them to uncover more information needed to catch the Ripper.
Furthermore, the public reaction was very unhelpful, as the people in
Whitechapel did not like the police for many reasons. The police had
brought a bad reputation to their name with acts of violence. Due to
this history behind the police, the locals decided not to help the
police as much as they could have in their investigations.
The lack of policemen did not help either. They had a very small
force. In 1878 the old department was abolished and the CID was
created which helped considerably. (The table below shows the
statistics for the police force)
1879
1884
Number of detectives
216
294
Number of arrests
13,128
18,344
The police did not offer a reward for catching the Ripper because it
would have attracted too much attention. They believed this would
create several false leads and would waste police time. The ‘from
hell’ letter was a example of a possible false lead. It was very
Mr. Cockburn concluded that the evidence presented in this case was misinterpret and misapprehend, the leading investigation was “unscientific and slipshod” which lead to the sentence of Edward splatt. Many questions were raised, whether police officers should collect trace elements from the crime scene? The involvemet of police officers collecting samples rather than scientific experts which could lead to wrong and misleading evidence? The scientific procedure undertaking in this investigation. And these collected samples collected from officers and tested would lead to unvaluable piece of evidence.After Edward splatt conviction, anattorney- general by the name of Mr Griffin keeped a close eye on the case and examined the moran report and
...lice or lawyers used their integrity. The police skirted around the law and use evidence that the witnesses said was not correct. They had a description of the suspect that did not match Bloodsworth but, they went after him as well. They also used eyewitness testimony that could have been contaminated.
...taffing and expertise. Each of those problems could have been easily fixed, yet they were not. Not only was the lack of staffing an issue, but the VPD’s desire to not acknowledge that there was a serial killer was a vial mistake. Failure to arrest and charge Picton for the attempted murder of Ringwald, as well as the failure to obtain a search warrant when prominent evidence was discovered delayed the investigation and allowed for more women to die. Lies and deception of the family and friends of the missing women proved the lack of respect towards the sex trade workers and the values the VPD held. Through firing Rossemo, they dismissed one of the few who was dedicated to finding the killer and shed bad light onto Vancouver’s force. Officer wells who took charge pulled the case to an end and allowed for the police to apprehend and keep Pickton from killing again.
The birth of classic detective fiction was originated just in the mid nineteenth century, and was producing its own genre. Classical detective fiction follows a set of rules called the ‘Ten commandments of detective fiction’. The genre is so popular it can bee seen by the number of sales in any good book stores. Many of these books have been created a long time ago and there is still a demand for these types of books. The popularity is still ongoing because it provides constant entertainment, and also the reader can also have a role of detective trying to solve the crime/case committed. Classical detective fiction has a formula, the detective story starts with a seemingly irresolvable mystery, typically a murder, features the astute, often unconventional detective, a wrongly accused suspect to whom the circumstantial evidence points, and concludes with a startling or unexpected solution to the mystery, during which the detective explains how he or she solved the mystery. Formula that includes certain elements such as, a closed location to keep the number of suspects down, red hearings spread around the stories to keep the reader entertained yet interacted.
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How the Police Tried to Catch Jack the Ripper In the 1880s, the police were very different from the police of today. Their main propose was crime prevention and their methods their methods were very primitive Source F is a police leaflet, which was published after the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Kate Eddowes; it was written to aid the police in their investigation it was also written in a factual tone, it suggests that the police were appealing for any information regarding suspicious characters. Because of the timing of this leaflet shows the desperation faced by the police but for because of the many defects reasons the leaflet was not successful: The first being that they did not offer any description of the murderer at all, 'person to whom suspicion was attached'. The second being that they still assumed that the person was living in Whitechapel, when there was a large amount of evidence suggested that the murderer wasn't from Whitechapel (the fact that the murders were all done on the weekends or on Friday nights, which suggests that he had a job and came into Whitechapel to murder).
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Why the Police were Unable to Catch Jack the Ripper In the Victorian Times, smog was a big problem. It made visibility extremely bad, so the murders would have been harder to witness. There were lots of prostitutes because there weren’t many jobs available for them. woman, so they were forced to walk on the streets. Most turned to alcohol.
Although the true identity of Jack the Ripper has never been identified, experts have investigated Prince Albert Victor, Thomas Neill Cream, and Montague John Druitt as prime suspects. Based on facts and information given, the researcher found evidence that Jack the Ripper was Montague John Druitt. Druitt’s family, appearance, and suicide support the researcher’s claim. Ultimately, the obsession with the Jack the Ripper case will never perish.
Mary Ann “Polly'; Nichols, aged 42, was the first of the Ripper victims, according to dedicated Ripperologists. Her body was found on Buck’s Row by a patrolling constable at 3:15 a.m. on August 31st 1888. The ripper had slashed her throat twice, and her abdomen had been savagely cut exposing the intestines. Her vaginal area had also been mutilated. The woman approximately five feet two inches tall with brown graying hair, brown eyes, and several missing teeth. Mary Ann Nichols had a drinking problem and spent most of her life making her earnings as a prostitute. She was a sad, destitute woman, but one that most people liked and pitied.
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Jack the Ripper is one of the most well-known serial killers of the ages. Although everyone knows the name, “Jack the Ripper,” nobody really knows of his true identity. When the murder victims were found the press and the detectives could never put a name with the crime.
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