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Jack The Ripper - Describe law and order in London in the late nineteenth century.  

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Jack The Ripper Coursework Assignment 1 Describe law and order in London in the late nineteenth century The British police force came to being in the late eighteenth century. By 1800 there were only 2 police forces in the whole of Britain, both of which were in London. One was the Bow street runners, which was set up in 1749 and the other, was the Thames River police force, which by then was only 2 years old. The main turning point for policing as far as London is concerned came in 1829 when 'Sir Robert Peel', the home secretary of the time, created and set up a new police force, the metropolitan Police force. The metropolitan police force was set up to carry out all the jobs that the watchmen and special constables did before them. Their jobs were to patrol the streets to keep them in order and to try to prevent...

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