The Unability of Police to Capture Jack The Ripper in 1888

The Unability of Police to Capture Jack The Ripper in 1888

Life in Whitechapel during the 'reign' of Jack The Ripper' in 1888 was

of a very low standard, you had people selling themselves just to try

and provide for their family or even themselves, the vast majority of

London's east end were alcoholics, therefore the streets of

Whitechapel were very dangerous and were welcoming crimes. Murders

were common however serial killers were not, robbery, money problems,

fights, being drunk and disorderly was also very common, especially

for the streets of Whitechapel where this happened on a daily basis.

Homelessness was also another major problem in Whitechapel, the

streets ere packed with prostitutes, immigrants and unemployed people,

all looking for a way to make money. At night was the time when people

were most at risk especially prostitutes because thy were out looking

for business and the streets of Whitechapel were ideal because they

had a lot of alleyways and back roads to do their business and make

some money, these places were also ideal for attacks to take place.

Jack The Ripper was a very clever 'person', leaving very few trails

behind, he was known as the very first serial killer, this was only

because of his Modus Operandi (his Mo), he had is own unique style for

killing people was identified on all six of his victims, as his

suspected first victim Martha Tabram was not linked to any of the

other murders because the police couldn't be sure whether or not it

was the same person murdering these other women, the killings were all

within London's East end, the Ripper didn't know his victims as there

was no link to show that each woman murdered knew or were related to

each other.

The first major clue the police force had was 'the piece of leather

apron' which was found after the murder of Mary Anne Nicholls, one of

the major newspapers in 1888 'The Star' claimed the murderer was a

Jewish shoe maker, a message written in chalk was found above a piece