Whitechapel

• why was the met attractive (2)

  • relatively good pay
  • some people had been solders or had backgrounds in laboring or farm work
• what is the beat


  a set route that police officers would walk to deter criminals
• was the cid successful

  no - as seen by the jack the ripper investigation
• why did Charles warren lose his job


  he failed to catch jack the ripper
• what are rookeries


  slum areas in Whitechapel, where most housing was located and were very overcrowded.
• what are lodging houses

  paid a nightly fee for a bed and access to a kitchen
• what percentage of whitechappels population lived in lodging houses

  1/4
• workhouses were seen as a last resort
• workhouses offered a bed and food in return for hard labour
• workhouses conditions were deliberately poor, familys were split up and had to wear uniform
• most people in workhouses were elderly, ill, disabled, orphans or unmarried
• women turned to prostitution for survival
• what were conditions like in sweated trades

  cramped and dirty
• people worked long hours for little pay
• low income levels led to an increase in survival crimes
• spare time due to unemployment led to alcoholism, disruptive behavior and violence
• overcrowding led to tension between residents
• high levels of prostitution led to violence on women
• Irish immigrants had the reputation for being drunk and violent and were also associated with terrorism
• jewish immigrants tended to stick together causing segregation
• authorities feared socialists and anarchists
• there was tension between immigrants and local populations over housing and jobs
• Jewish immigrants were willing to accept a lower pay and poor conditions, leading to an increase in the sweated system
• anti-semitism rose rapidly
• anyone with a foreign accent was suspected of being a violent revolutionary
• 'foreigners' were blamed for many crimes like the ripper murders.
• H division beat constables were each given a set route and were to look out for trouble, they had to report to their sergeant and record everything in a diary
• the police was mistrusted so few cooperated with investigations and police constables were frequently attacked.
• problems facing H division (7)

  • environment
  • gangs
  • violent demonstrations
  • prostitution
  • alcohol
  • protection racket
  • attacks on jews
• how was the environment a problem

  dark, narrow alleyways which made chasing and finding criminals extremely difficult
• how were gangs a problem

  criminals were 'employed' into gangs and were well - trained in both stealing and getting away
• how were violent demonstrations a problem

  large numbers of angry people in one place would need a large number of police to deal with them
• how were attacks on jews a problem for the police

  the attacks became very common
• how were protection rackets an issue

  they demanded 'protection money' refusal led to property damage and violence
• how was alcohol a problem

  drunkenness fulled violence. people turnned to crime to pay for alcohol
• how was prostitution an problem

  people in prostitution were very venerable to violence
• investigating policing techniques (7)

  • house to house searches
  • distributing leaflets and advertisement in newspapers
  • following up clues in crime scenes
  • following up on evidence from the bodies
  • annotated sketches of the crime scenes and photographs
  • soup kitchens
  • interviewing witnesses or suspects