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Problems with policing in Whitechapel - Coggle Diagram
Problems with policing in Whitechapel
Environment
Dark alleys and courts
Multiple doorways into rookeries
Packed with people
Gangs
Large professional gangs operated
Employed individuals who were well trained
Prostitution
Very few jobs available for women
By 1888 roughly 1200 women were prostitutes
Vulnerable to violence
Alcohol
Large number of pubs and gin houses
Very strong alcohol at very affordable prices
Drunkenness led to violence
Alcoholics turned to crime to feed their habit
Rival police forces
between the Met and City of London polive force
Rather than sharing information, it would be a race to find the criminal first
Whitechapel overlapped these two areas, so this caused a problem during the ripper investigation.
Media
Attracted fake letters
Encouraged people to come foward
Stirred up racial hatred
Criticised the police
Influenced public opinions
Violent demonstrations
Public protests common in whitechapel
Large numbers of angry people in one place led to violence
Needed a large number of police to deal with them
Protection rackets
Gangs demanded money to "protect" businesses
Refusal led to property damage and violence
Many feared these gangs which meant that people didn't report them
Attacks on Jews
Common following the influx of jewish immigrants in the 1880's
Some police were anti-semetic
Language barrier meant it was hard to catch their attackers