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The police were to blame for not capturing Jack the Ripper’

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'The police were to blame for not capturing Jack the Ripper' Use the sources and you own knowledge to explain whether you agree with this view. I think the police were partly to blame for not capturing Jack the Ripper. Source E, which is part of an article published in a local newspaper, shows that police did not act on information from informants. It says 'he was referred from one police office to another' which suggests that the police didn't give witnesses their full attention. This quote states that the police just past this particular witness from one office to the next, which means they missed the chance of talking to a potentially important witness. Source I which is a map of the East End in 1888 showing where all the murders took place. It clearly shows that all the murders happened in a very small area of London. This means that if...

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