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Jack The Ripper And The Associated Deaths

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Evaluate the effectiveness of the police investigation into Jack The Ripper and the associated deaths.

The investigation into the Serial Killer, Jack the Ripper remains one of the greatest historical mysteries of all time. The police report was carried out by the Metropolitan police, and while the police report was generally considered thorough and intensive at the time, contradicting witness reports and with the lack of forensic science, many problems arising in the police forces involved contradicting witness reports, the investigators ultimately failed to identify and catch the killer.

One of the main challenges investigators in 1888 had to face when attempting to catch the killer was the lack of forensic science at the time. In modern …show more content…

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