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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 your own knowledge to explain whether you agree with this view. The police was to blame for not capturing Jack the Ripper but only to a certain extent. At the times of the Jack the Ripper murders, the police force was developing and as the Jack the Ripper case started to cause speculation, the police force started to develop rapidly. The Jack the Ripper case was clearly mishandled due to the methods the police force used. The police force at the time was very inefficient and traditional which led them to be blamed for not catching Jack the Ripper. There were many other factors that contributed to this. Jack the Ripper himself used various different methods to escape capture, the media played an important role, there were also problems with witnesses and the Whitechapel area also













