C+P Whitechapel case study complete Flashcards
What time period was Whitechapel case study?
c1870-c1900
What was the beat constable?
Constables recorded their movement and they were on foot to deter other criminals committing crimes.
Who was Charles Warren?
Commisioner at the time of Jack the Ripper’s murders. 1886-88. Unpopular after banning Trafalgar Square protest.
After events at Trafalgar Square what was the attitude towards the policing?
Working class people believed police turned ‘against’ them. Believed police only worked for middle and upper classes.
Whitechapel.
What are ‘rookeries’?
(3) features.
Slum areas in Whitechapel, where most housing was located, were extremely overcrowded and poor sanitation.
What were lodging houses?
Where lodgers paid a nightly fee for a bed and access to a kitchen. 1/4 of Whitechapel’s pop.
Provision for the poor
What were workhouses?
Offered a bed and food in return for hard labour
Families split up, conditions very poor and inmates had to wear a uniform.
Lack of employment opportunities led to? Factors leading to poverty and deprevation in the area. Name two low pay places
- Working long hours for low pay in bad conditions in factories
- Building railways or working in dockyards.
Name two links between the environment and crime.
Low incomes, stealing for survival
Overcrowding led to tensions between residents and racial reasons.
Name the three groups of people often found in Whitechapel.
Eastern European immigrants
Anarchists and socialists
Irish immigrants
What were the tensions in Whitechapel? (3)
- Immigrants and local populations over access to housing and jobs
- Anti-Semitism and violence against Jews rose
- Anyone with foreign accent expected to be a violent revolutionist.
- ‘Foreigners’ a scapegoat and blamed for crimes.
H division policed Whitechapel. Name 3 problems they faced.
Alcohol, strong alcohol at affordable prices fuelled violence.
Prostitution, vulnerable women as a last resort turned to prostitution.
Environment, dark alley ways and countless rookeries.
What year was the Whitechapel Vigilance committee set up? And what did they do?
1888, didn’t believe the police were doing enough in catching Jack the Ripper so they patrolled the streets themselves. Set up by businessmen.
What were the dates between Jack the Ripper five victims in 1888.
31 August
9 November
Name 3 police investigating techniques.
- House-to-house searches for evidence
- Following up evidence from bodies post mortems and clues.
- Sketches of crime scene and photographs
- Interviewing and asking witnesses to come forward.
