Whitechapel

What period does the Whitechapel study cover?

c1870–c1900

What was the Peabody Estate?

Improved housing intended to help poorer Londoners

Why were lodging houses significant?

They created a fluctuating population with weak community ties

What was H Division?

The Metropolitan Police division responsible for Whitechapel

Why was Whitechapel difficult to police?

Rookeries, alleys, courts, poverty and a mobile population

What was the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee?

A local group formed to improve vigilance during the Ripper murders

What investigative methods were developing?

Sketches, photographs and interviews

Which police forces created cooperation problems?

Metropolitan Police, City of London Police and Scotland Yard

When were the Jack the Ripper murders?

1888

How did the media make policing harder?

Sensational reporting increased pressure and public fear

When was CID established?

1878

Who was Sir Charles Warren?

Metropolitan Police Commissioner during the late 1880s

What is a useful source for poverty and living conditions?

Charles Booth's survey

Why must newspaper sources be treated carefully?

They could be sensationalised or biased, especially during the Ripper murders