Jack the Ripper
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In August 1888 a killer who became known as Jack the Ripper committed
the first of a sequence of murders. To this day the description of the
killer remains a mystery. A mad person who is violent and dangerous
who emerge to kill without warning and with no guilt, horribly killed
five women in the East End of London.
1. Study Source A, What can you learn from Source A about the murders
of the Martha Tabrum and Polly Nicholls?
Source A is part of an article in the East End observer describing the
murders of Martha Tabram and Polly Nicholls. It is therefore a primary
source of evidence with a fairly reliable purpose of informing the
public of the east end. Clearly it is written by somebody living in
the area at that time and therefore helps us to see the people's
opinion of the murders at that time. Most importantly we can learn
that people linked the two murders together, 'both crimes are the work
of a demented being' this statement is purely the writers opinion as
no further evidence ever proves this to be the case however the
article informs us there were similarities to the murders.
We can also learn the context of the murders, 'the victims have been
the poorest of the poor, and no adequate motive in the shape of
plunder.' From this statement we can notice that the murders were done
in cold blood and not considered robberies. It could also be suggested
that the Polly Nicholls and Martha Tabram did nothing to defend such
an attack but were murdered suddenly ...
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...only good for policing crowds and keeping order rather than
detective work. He was especially criticized for not offering a reward
for capturing the Ripper. The city police officers made crime scene
illustration, took many photographs of two of the victims. This proves
that the police did try all their best to capture the Ripper, but it
was difficult as the murders were cleverly continued and not a trace
was left of the murderer, so in a way the police were not too blame,
also other than medically examining the victims to discover the cause
of death and taking statements from everybody who might know something
there was little, also that the Metropolitan police force did, and
looking at all the sources there wasn't much more the police could do
in that time when comparing to the present(2004-2005) police force
tactics.
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
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