Tuesday 1 February 2011

Why were the police unable to catch Jack the Ripper?

You will find the coursework sources, links to primary evidence and lots more at the

George Mitchell Year 10 wiki

What do you think? Which of these comments do you agree with?

"The police were to blame for the murderer never being caught."

Detection failure.
Police weakness.
Press criticism.
Sir Charles Warren explaining about the graffiti.

"It wasn’t the fault of the police. There were other reasons why the Ripper was never caught."

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