JACK THE RIPPER ESSAY
JACK THE RIPPER ESSAY
Were the police to blame for not catching Jack the Ripper?
To begin with, who was jack the ripper? Jack the Ripper was a serial killer that targeted prostitutes, thieves and the poor, "Jack the Ripper" terrorized the Whitechapel district in London's East End. He killed at least five prostitutes and mutilated their bodies in an unusual way, telling us that the killer had knowledge of the human anatomy. Jack the Ripper was never captured, and remains one of England's, and the worlds, most infamous criminals. This essay will help determine whether or not “Jack the Ripper” not being caught was the police’s fault.
At the time of the Jack the Ripper murders, the police forces of London were inefficient because they were particularly small in the east end. This lead to the Police force's mishandling of the Jack the Ripper case, two different police forces were working against each other and in this case; they were responsible for not capturing Jack. However it is also possible to say, that due to a lack of technology and funding as well the harsh conditions in Whitechapel at the time, the Police were facing a case that they could not solve easily.
It could be the police’s fault for not catching Jack the Ripper because two forces were being very unprofessional by working against each other and immaturely planting false evidence, they could have overcome this by working together or at least share evidence and not plant false evidence. Also, some of their methods weren’t planned out well, e.g. Patrolling the area: this method was partly inefficient because of the untrained civilians they used to patrol the area, once a murder happened, jack could overpower a weak area or even scare the untrained civilians off; the dog hounds technique wasn’t very thought out, they knew that Jack the Ripper was an adroit killer so he could have diverted the smell of the victim. On many occasions the police failed to take into account vital
Were the police to blame for not catching Jack the Ripper?
To begin with, who was jack the ripper? Jack the Ripper was a serial killer that targeted prostitutes, thieves and the poor, "Jack the Ripper" terrorized the Whitechapel district in London's East End. He killed at least five prostitutes and mutilated their bodies in an unusual way, telling us that the killer had knowledge of the human anatomy. Jack the Ripper was never captured, and remains one of England's, and the worlds, most infamous criminals. This essay will help determine whether or not “Jack the Ripper” not being caught was the police’s fault.
At the time of the Jack the Ripper murders, the police forces of London were inefficient because they were particularly small in the east end. This lead to the Police force's mishandling of the Jack the Ripper case, two different police forces were working against each other and in this case; they were responsible for not capturing Jack. However it is also possible to say, that due to a lack of technology and funding as well the harsh conditions in Whitechapel at the time, the Police were facing a case that they could not solve easily.
It could be the police’s fault for not catching Jack the Ripper because two forces were being very unprofessional by working against each other and immaturely planting false evidence, they could have overcome this by working together or at least share evidence and not plant false evidence. Also, some of their methods weren’t planned out well, e.g. Patrolling the area: this method was partly inefficient because of the untrained civilians they used to patrol the area, once a murder happened, jack could overpower a weak area or even scare the untrained civilians off; the dog hounds technique wasn’t very thought out, they knew that Jack the Ripper was an adroit killer so he could have diverted the smell of the victim. On many occasions the police failed to take into account vital