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During the blanket of terror that the murders of “Jack the Ripper” induced…
During the blanket of terror that the murders of “Jack the Ripper” induced in the dying days of 1888 Whitechapel, the district police force was up to its head in a sea of problems
Flawed police methods
Types of evidence 
Witness statements
Unlike other sources, the witnesses were actually there, and could give definite proof of a suspect
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Things that the witness statements might have said might have not been significant so they might have said that the ripper had brown shoes but the fact would be that many people would have that so there may be insignificant information told by witness statements.
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Leaflet distribution
It was an easy way to catch people’s attention, and if distributed properly, could help raise awareness for this issue
It was expensive to print and make, and hard to properly distribute, and was not guaranteed to actually make someone with information to present themselves
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House to house enquiries
It forced people to talk to the police face to face, and let te police interview each and every person, and did not leave people any way to wriggle out of the eyes of the law
They were very time costly, and people could always just lie to the police. There was also the added problem of organising the search so taht each house was visited, which would be messy and time consuming
Suspect lineups
If it occurs after the suspect was sighted, and the witness was correct, it could be a quick and easy way to find the murderer
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Poverty
The housing in 1888 was disgusting as you had no access to sanitation and most people were homeless so they had to sit just above the sewer on the pathway, people were devastated.
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