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KEY TOPIC 4: C+P and LE c1900-PRESENT
Whitechapel c1870-c1900 Crime, policing and the inner city
E: ripper murders
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When was Mary Ann Nichols found?
31 August
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Where was Annie Chapman found?
Spitalfields
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What date were Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes found?
30 September
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When was Mary Jane Kelley found?
9
November
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Who was assigned to the murders?
Inspector
Frank Abberline
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How did the letters sent to the police complicate their task?
Over
300
letters claimed to be from the murderer
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What was the purpose of the 'Dear Boss' letter?
To gain information about the
author
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How did the press affect the police investigation?
They published
unreliable
stories and guesswork
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What were 'Penny dreadfuls'?
Cheap newspapers with low
journalistic
standards
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Why was cooperation between police forces necessary?
To solve
complex crimes
effectively
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What important clue was found on Goulston Street?
An
antisemitic
message on a wall
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Why did Commissioner Warren order the clue to be washed off?
To prevent
City of London
police involvement
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How did the police use post mortem evidence?
To suggest the killer was
left-handed
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What did the police do after learning about the killer's possible experience?
Made
enquiries
at
slaughterhouses
and hospitals
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What lead did the police follow from the Manchester Guardian?
A local man nicknamed
'Leather Apron'
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What clue was found near Annie Chapman’s body?
A fragment of an
envelope
with a seal
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Why did the police visit lunatic asylums?
Believed
the
murderer
must
be
insane
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What did Dr. Wynne Baxter argue about the murderer?
He must have considerable
anatomical
skill
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Who was Elizabeth Long?
A key witness who saw a man with
Chapman
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What initiative did the police set up to encourage information from the poor?
Soup kitchens
offering hot meals
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What action did the police take as criticism mounted?
Conducted
house-to-house
searches
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How many handbills did the police distribute?
80,000
handbills
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What was a limitation of the police during the investigation?
Almost no scientific
forensic
techniques
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What system was adopted in 1894 for police record-keeping?
The
Bertillion System
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What did the Houses of the Working Class Act of 1890 aim to address?
Replace
slums
with
low-cost
housing
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What powers did the Public Health Amendment Act of 1890 give to councils?
Improve toilets
and
rubbish
collection
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