Jack The Ripper Research Paper

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One of the earlies records of the first usage of Criminal Profiling was in the late 1880s in Whitechapel London. A surgeon named Thomas Bond and another Physician named George Phillips analyzed crime scenes to make predictions about the infamous Jack the Ripper’s. Jack the Ripper was a serial murderer who raped and abused five women before murdering them. There was very little information about this man and these two physicians were determined to figure out Jack the Ripper’s personality. One of the earliest records in the United States was in 1956 after George Metesky evaded the New York City police for 16 years. Metesky planted over 30 small explosive devices around the city in many different public areas. After 16 years of Metesky evading …show more content…

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