Lesson Notes 1 - Intro

JACK THE RIPPER Task One: On the first page of your book, write down five facts you reckon you know about this topic.

Task Two: Copy down the 3 questions below: 1. Describe law and order in London in the late nineteenth century (15) 2. Why did the Whitechapel Murders attract so much attention in 1888? (15) 3. Why were the police unable to catch Jack the Ripper? (20)

Information to include: 1. history of the Metropolitan Police from 1829; their reputation; their role; their methods; criticisms of the police; types of crimes faced. 2. details of the murders and victims; press coverage; relations between the classes in late Victorian society; reputation of London’s East End; life of prostitutes in 1888.

3. modus operandi of murderer; police methods; range of suspects; press interference; false leads; rumours about immigrants and Jews; limits of CID work; nature of murder scenes – rookeries; the stage of police work and operations at the time compared with today Video Notes – ‘Jack the Ripper’

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