1. By: Zane Cooper Jeff Shagena Andrew Olinger

2.  Minor crimes included drunkenness, vagrancy, and wandering around without employment  Major crimes included murder, any rape that resulted in death, and major burglary

3.  In the court systems, judges and prosecutors had much more power  Criminals were treated very poorly in prison, as they were considered the lowest social class  The “silent system” was later induced in the prisons, along with hard labor

4.  Hanging was the main form of capital punishment, but people were being hanged for stupid crimes like stealing onions  Transportation was also a main form of capital punishment

5.  Crimes such as homicide, rape, violent robberies, etc.  However, due to the judicial corruption, anybody could be sentenced to capital punishment

6.  Policemen  Sir Robert Peel  Father of modern policing  Metropolitan Police Force  Peelian Principles

7.  Early 1800s - Criminals were considered to be only lower, working class members who wanted to live an “easy life”  Mid-1800s - only the poor were considered criminals  Could be discerned just by appearance  Late 1800s – criminals had behavior problems or were not raised well  Social Darwinism became popular

8.  Headquarters of Metropolitan Police  Colonel Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne

9.  Central Criminal Court of England and Wales  Next to Newgate Prison

10.  Infamous prison used for centuries  Demolished in 1904  Became the site of London’s gallows in 1783  London’s main prison  Terrible conditions for especially women and children

11.  Pre-1800s  Often viewed as a sympathetic hero  Post-1800s  No more sympathy  Shifted towards detectives

12.  The half strangling of unwary pedestrians from behind.  Very common crime  Commonly practiced by two people. One attacker and one robber.  Attacker would strangle a person from behind while the robber stripped the person of valuables and money.  Caused wide spread panic in London

13.  Late 1880’s  London – East Quarter – Whitechapel  77,000 People  Large Jewish immigrant population  Resentment  Unsanitary  Poverty  Crime  Highest death rate  Prostitution

14.  Mary Ann Nicholls – 3:40 AM – August 31 st Charles Cross – Bucks Row – PC (Police Constable) John Neil  Annie Chapman – 6:00 AM – September 8 th - John Davis – Hanbury Street – The Leather Apron  Elizabeth Stride – 1:00 AM – September 30 th - Louis Deimshutz – Berners Street

15.  Catharine Eddowes – Three Jewish Men 1:35 AM – September 30 th – PC Watkins 1:45 AM – Mitre Square  The Mysterious Message  PC Alfred Long – Eddowes Apron – “The Juwes are the men That Will be blamed for nothing”  Mary Kelly – November 9 th - George Hitchinson 2:00 AM – Dorset Street –Cries of Murder! 4:00 AM - 10:45 Thomas Bowyer

16.  Hatred of Jews – Leather Apron incidents  Xenophobia and Anti-Semitism  Fear and suspicion strikes the people of London.  Sensationalist coverage  Letters  Failure of the police  Social Reforms

17.  http://www.jack-the-ripper.org http://www.jack-the-ripper.org  http://www.historytoday.com/emelyne- godfrey/stranglehold-victorian-society http://www.historytoday.com/emelyne- godfrey/stranglehold-victorian-society  http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crime/ banerjee1.html http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crime/ banerjee1.html  http://www.jack-the-ripper- walk.co.uk/jack_the_ripper_history.htm http://www.jack-the-ripper- walk.co.uk/jack_the_ripper_history.htm  http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/jack- rippers-murders-affect-london http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/jack- rippers-murders-affect-london