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what was a rookerie

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  • croded areas of low quality houses
  • some several stories high
  • over 30 people might share one house or apparment
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whitechapel was r_______ and O_____

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rundown and overcrowded

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what was a lodging house/doss house

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  • individuals could sleep in dormitory style bunks for a few pence a night
  • pay less if they slept upright leaning over a rope
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what type of people lived in workhouses

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  • young
  • old
  • poor
  • chronically ill
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what were conditions of workhouses

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  • accomodation of poor standard
  • discipline was harsh
  • families split u
  • work - long hours doing repetitive tasks like picking oakhum to earn their keep
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what was the peabody estate

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  • blocks of flats built in white chapel which were goodish quality but cheapish so people could afford them
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what was the artisans dwellings act and when was it introduced

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attempted to clear some of the worst slums in country and replace them with better housing
- 1875

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how did Peabody estate affect white chapel

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  • didnt affect it as a whole
    changes in one small area
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what did Charles booth create

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the white chapel poverty map

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poverty and crime were ________ in white chapel

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common

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what was unemployment like in whitechapel

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unemployment was high in whitechapel and lots of people struggled to find jobs
- people didnt typically have much money

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what was health like in whitechapel

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poor
due to:
- poor sanitation
- overcrowded areas so disease spread quickly
- lack of money for healthcare

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what crime was common in whitechapel

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  • alcoholism
  • prostitutes
  • theft
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why were lodgers easy targets for theives

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they carried their possessions around with them

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why and when did the irish immigrant to britian

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to aviod famine and look for jobs
late 19th century

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why did the Jewish migrate to Britain

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to avoid persecution,disease and hunger in eastern Europe

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what were the reactions to immigration in white chapel

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  • they thought they were taking their jobs - immigrants would work for low pay with residents thought undercut their wages
  • adding to overcrowding
  • immigrants experienced racism or were unfairly treated by police
  • media stereotypes were often negative - drunk + violent
  • many Jewish immigrants lived on just a few streets to segregated
  • involved in crime - gangs of newcomers
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what is socialism

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the belief that everyone is equal and money should be shared equally

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what is anarchism

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the belief that there should be no formal government and society should work together

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white chapel saw an increase in people supporting _________ and ____________

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socialism
anarchism

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what police force was responsible for london

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metropolition

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what did sir Edmund Henderson do

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introduce schoolmaster sergeants
- teach reading and wriiting to illiterate officers

some strict rules abloshied making the job more attractive
- no being able to grow a beard
- to vote

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what were H division responsible for

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policing in white chapel

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what were advantages and disadvantages of the beat

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advantage:
- patrols were thorough
- sergeants knew where to find constables

disadvantages
- criminals could learn the routes of the beat which mean they could work out when it was safe to commit a crime

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what are the features that made policing in white chapel difficult
- bad attitudes towards police - hostile - winding dark allies - easy to hide + commit crime - drunkenness was common- which increased the chance of being involved in a crime - had to handle violent demonstrations - hostile to police - many disliked how they treated protestors
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how did the jack the ripper victims die
mutilations
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what techniques did the police use to solve the jack the ripper murders
- traditional interviews with witnesses and suspects - autopsies - to help assume things about killer - sketches of crime scenes -photographs
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how did the media react to the jack the ripper
- newspapers,articles,magazines,cartoons published on the topic - claims in who he was - blamed and mocked police for not solving murders
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how did the high level of media attention make the polices job harder when solving the jack the ripper case
- media reports exaggerated and included unproven claims which confused public - police flooded with false evidence - police had to spend time fending ff criticism
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who were the white chapel vigilance committee
- fed up with police not catching ripper - patrolled streets - most evidence they got was made up - police spent time looking into leads that ended up being false
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What was a major housing issue in Whitechapel?
Serious overcrowding—up to 40 people in one home, some living in cellars or sleeping 10 to a room.
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What were "penny hangs"?
Cheap places where drunks could pay a penny to sleep hanging over a rope, which would be cut in the morning to wake them.
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Describe general sanitation and living conditions in Whitechapel.
No clean water, rats everywhere, broken windows covered with dirty rags.
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How did poor living conditions affect people’s behavior?
Many turned to alcohol; diseases were frequent due to poor hygiene and dangerous jobs.
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What was the Peabody Estate?
A model housing project opened in 1864 with better conditions like laundry rooms and rubbish collection.
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What was the purpose of the workhouse in Whitechapel?
Provided shelter but required hard work and poor treatment to discourage long-term stays.
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What was Whitechapel known for?
A district in East London full of beggars, criminals, prostitutes, and alcoholics
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What did Charles Booth find in his investigation?
37.5% of East Londoners were living in utter poverty
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why was crime high in white chapel
- community ties were weak - different people moving in and out made it easier - lack of money
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what were fenians and what did they do 1880
- supporters of irish independance - several bombing attacks occured in london
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what were the concerns of socialism and anarchism and how did it link back to the jewish immigrants
- concerns that movement towards it would disrupt social order - jeish immigrants were familiar with these ideas from eastern europe so people would often blame them for the problems that arise from it
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when was the metropolitan police set up
1829
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what area did the metropolitan police not cover
the centre of london which was covered by the city of london police
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how was the metropolitan police different to other police forces in britain
- it was answerable to the home secutary who was responsible for law and order in britain
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when was the CID created
1878
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what was the role of the CID
to investigate crimes and find out who committed them
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how was the general standard of police recruits low
- training was basic - two weeks of military drill + one week of patrol - discipline was poor as many officers were sacked for drunkness
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when was si edmund henderson police comissioner
1869
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when was charles warren police comisioner
1886-1888
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how did charles warren make standards for police recruits tougher
- age 21-32 -5'9 - able to read and write well - banned from owning a business - banned from having more than two children - ex soldiers and agricultural workers were recruited as thought to be stronger
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what was the public attitude towards the police
not happy - too much like army - after warrens reforms - critised for acting too violently - trafalguar square protest against poor treatment of irish peple
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what were the two parts of H divison
uniformed police CID
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how was it made sure the whole area of whitechapel was being covered by police
the police would walk in beats
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what is the police code and how was it followed in the jack the ripper murders
- told detectives how to act when they came across a murder scene - instructed to keep public away until police inspector arrived - wasn't the case in mary as her body was taken away before inspector arrived
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how did interview techniques help the ripper case
the information they gathered didn't help them anywhere and some was made up
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how did autopsies help the ripper case
led the police to know that he was left handed and was a butcher or someone with knowledge of anatomy
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how did sketches of some crime scenes help the ripper case
police sketches at the time were usually unrealistic so it didnt give the police much reliable infomation
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what new dectivitive methods and techniques were used to try and catch the ripper
- photos to record findings - marys jane kellys body and the room - tried to build criminal profile of killer of everything they new about him
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how was cooperation used on the ripper case
- dectivies worked closley with other police groups - experts from central police dectetive force at scotland yard helped
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how was cooperation between different people involved in the ripper case not always smooth
charles warren the police comissioner clashed with home secretary henry matthews which made decision making difficult and the police less organised - anti jewish graffti above bloodied apron after catherine howards edwards died. police wanted to photograph but charles warren ordered for it to be washed off becuase he feared anti jewish riots as many people believed the ripper to be jewish due to predjice. warren was criticised - shows that cooperation was complicated
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