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Jack the Ripper: Obstacles to Police Success | Crime & Punishment | GCSE History Revision

The Jack the Ripper case remains unsolved to this very day. But why? Perhaps one of the biggest reasons was the rather abundant setbacks the police faced in trying to solve the case? Revision notes: Police used dogs successfully in trials, however, forgot to pay the owner so were refused the opportunity to use them again for the actual investigation The investigation depicted the murderer as Jewish, feeding antisemitism People were able to walk over the crime scene Vast areas of Whitechapel were ruled by gangs Evidence in the form of chalk writing on a wall saying ‘The Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing’ was washed off because of police rivalry The officer who ordered this claimed it was to prevent antisemitism Penny dreadfuls criticised the police Over 300 postcards and letters were sent to the Police and Newspapers from people claiming to be the Ripper Police thought the ‘Dear Boss’ letter was important enough to reproduce in the hope someone would recognise the handwriting 12 years before fingerprinting was first used It was in a time pre forensic techniques Scientists at the time couldn’t tell the difference between human and animal blood The collection of police data in a database was a reasonably new idea, so the database was not big enough to be useful yet Crime scene photography was a relatively new concept, so underdeveloped Frustrated locals – a group of businessmen and traders - set up the Whitechapel vigilance committee on the 10th September They offered rewards to anyone with useful information The committee took to the streets every night, armed with burning planks of wood, whistles and hob-nail boots, making as much noise as possible, which disrupted the police investigation The committee sent them on false leads & disrupted them as best they could This may have been politically motivated to help the SDF in the run-up to the London county council elections by making the government look stupid FOR FULL VERSIONS OF THE NOTES FOR THIS AND OTHER CRIME & PUNISHMENT VIDEOS, FOLLOW THIS LINK: https://quizlet.com/_58irn6