[x-danielle-x]

Hiya, for my history coursework we had to write about "law and order in the late nineteenth century" and ive been looking for information and i cant seem to find nothing about it if you can please can you give me some helpful sites much appreciated x

danielle

[MrJohnDClare]

Try these - http://www.greenfield.durham.sch.uk/H_HWK/...er%20Links.html

[x-danielle-x]

thanks for your help !

it helped me cheers

Danielle
x

[Edward]

Please help me One of my corcework questions is about law and order in the 1800. if nyone hs ny info on this could you plese help me. If you need ny help with nything you re stuck on i will help you if you help me. Thnks if you hve helped

ED

[MrJohnDClare]

There is a page of links to websites on Jack the Ripper here - http://www.greenfield.durham.sch.uk/H_HWK/...er%20Links.html
an a set of Crime and Punishment links here - http://www.schoolhis...ion/crime.shtml and here - http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/crimeandpun...orksheets.shtml

[Edward]

thanks a million

[laurzieee]

Do you know anywhere that could give me information on the following question:
why did the whitechapel murders attract so much attention in 1888?

Thank Youuu.

xx

[MrJohnDClare]

On the Ripper himself, try this page - http://www.greenfield.durham.sch.uk/H_HWK/...er%20Links.html - though some of the links no longer work.

What you need to do, as you read about the Ripper, to to think what elements of the case made it so interesting to the people of the time - things I would suggest are:
1. the goriness of the murders
2. the fact that the killer wasn't found
3. the fact that the Royal family were implicated
4. the fact that prostitutes (a forbidden fruit) were involved
5. the press interest

Can you think of any other factors as you study the story?

[mbl]

PLEASE could someone help me ; I need to know the best way to answer the 14 mark section of Question 5 ; Edexcel paper on Jack the Ripper. Not at all sure what to do with the sources.
ANY help gratefully received!

[Miss Buxton]

I have not seen this particular coursework question/sources. As this is half-term holidays many of the history teachers are away enjoying the holidays.

As your post relates to coursework we are unable to help answer specific coursework questions. Please refer toforum rules

If you are asked to use sources my advice would be to evaluate the sources with your knowledge of the topic, what do they show you, are they reliable, accurate, useful? What are the limitations of the sources? (unreliable, not useful) Consider bias? Are they contemporary accounts?

The best person to ask is your history teacher. Ask how the marks are allocated in this question...

[Chuarni]

Hi, I just joined today and I'm hoping someone might know the answer to this...

Did the police ever take fingerprints before or during the Ripper murders?

On the MET police website it says:"It was in 1860 that the use of fingerprints as a reliable means of individual identification really started. Sir William Herschel...established the principle of their persistence."

It doesn't mention if the police in london even used/took fingerprints.

if anyone has the answer or any info please let me know!

[MrJohnDClare]

Good question!

This forum discussed this very issue: Google cached
The upshot is that, although they were talking about fingerprints before JtR, they didn't start using them in any systematic way until well into the 20th century.

Recently, an American has tried to use DNA and fingerprints to catch the Ripper, but without success: http://www.casebook....caseclosed.html

[Chuarni]

Wow i thought it would take much longer to get a reply. This IS a GREAT forum!

Thanks v.much for those links!

[Chuarni]

For anyone else who needs info on fingerprints/forensics for their Jack the ripper coursework i found this website after some furious google-ing. it might be helpful...

http://science.jrank.org/pages/2821/Forens...ce-History.html

happy researching!

[Mr Humphreys]

The fingerprint database wasn't begun until 1901.