Whitechapel

• Officers of H-Division

  1. Patrolling a certain route of Whitechapel

  2. Apprehending any criminals

  3. Having their route changed every month
• Some areas of Whitechapel were too dangerous for the police to enter
• Relations between the police and public in Whitechapel was very poor
• Relations were made even worse during the Ripper Murders
• Noticable uniform

  Uniform worn by officers to act as a deterrent to crime
• People did not trust or like the police

  Because they stopped them from doing illegal things which they enjoyed
• Recruits for H-Division

  • Chosen from outside London
  • Bigger and healthier
  • Able to deal with the physicality of the role
  • Had to learn an area
• H-Division


  The division of the Metropolitan Police responsible for Whitechapel
• Beat


  A route of Whitechapel that officers patrolled
• Recruits were chosen from outside London, as those of the city were considered to be bigger and healthier and able to deal with the physicality of the role - but this meant that they had to learn the area.
• Officers would walk the beat by patrolling a certain route of Whitechapel.
• The Ripper Murders occurred


  1888
• The 'Canonical Five'


  • Mary Nichols
  • Annie Chapman
  • Elizabeth Stride
  • Catherine Eddowes
  • Mary Jane Kelly
• Murders of the 'Canonical Five'


  1. Mary Nichols found in Bucks Row-Throat cut and abdomen cut open

  2. Annie Chapman found in Hanbury Street-Throat cut following strangulation and intestines pulled from the body

  3. Elizabeth Stride found in Dutfield's Yard-Throat cut but no further injuries

  4. Catherine Eddowes found in Mitre Square (COL)-Face mutilated and disembowelled

  5. Mary Jane Kelly found in her room, body parts removed and spread all over the room
• Police investigative techniques were poor during the Whitechapel murders
• The Metropolitan Police and CID were technologically behind during the Whitechapel murders
• Unless the killer was caught in the act


  It was unlikely the police would catch him
• Police had to make assumptions based on autopsies and interviews from the public during the Whitechapel murders
• Assumptions based on autopsies and public interviews were sometimes a hindrance during the Whitechapel murders
• The role of the Media during the Whitechapel murders
• Newspapers locally and nationally presented the police as useless during the Whitechapel murders
• Sensationalist newspaper stories led to nearly 300 times during the Whitechapel murders
• Newspapers published unofficial sketches of suspects during the Whitechapel murders
• Unofficial sketches of suspects usually warned the public of "foreign' looking individuals during the Whitechapel murders
• Warning the public of "foreign' looking individuals led to an increase of tensions towards immigrants in Whitechapel during the Whitechapel murders
• The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee was set up during the Whitechapel murders
• Locals such as George Lusk felt that not enough had been done to catch the killer during the Whitechapel murders
• The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee criticised the police for not offering rewards to catch the killer during the Whitechapel murders
• The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee offered their own rewards to catch the killer during the Whitechapel murders
• The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee received hundreds of hoaxes during the Whitechapel murders
• The night patrols set up were largely ineffective during the Whitechapel murders
• Volunteers in the night patrols were untrained during the Whitechapel murders
• The untrained volunteers further undermined the police investigation during the Whitechapel murders