There were a number of reasons for why the infamous serial killer known as Jack the Ripper managed to escape with the killings which he did to prostitutes in Whitechapel. There was no single reason for why the Ripper managed to escape from the police however there was a number of reasons such as the nature of the Whitechapel, the Rippers methods, the role of the press, other stories which conflicted to theories of who the Ripper was, mistakes of the police force and the limitations of them.
One of the most important factors The nature of Whitechapel where the shocking murders took place by Jack the Ripper was vital in contributing to assist the Ripper to escape due to the fact that the area was very poor with drunks, prostitutes etc which the police had to deal with as well as catching the serial killer slowing down their progress and making the case much more difficult. There were many problems in White chapel in addition to the catching the killer there were not much police in the area solving crime. It was more difficult to catch the Ripper in Whitechapel where there was dark narrow alleyway’s along with no streetlights making it incredibly dark with environments like this it was effortless for the Ripper to escape free through the violent murders he did earning an infamous title … along the streets there was a stalker of victims roaming around. Police struggled with all their effort to catch the criminal in the environment they were in. this links us to the next factor based on the killer himself and how he used the environment to do his work.
The ripper himself was not an ordinary killer, the techniques used to kill his victims showed that he had some sort of education to dismember bodies. Many people believed that the Ripper was a butcher, doctor, or a barber. The Ripper managed to kill his victims in less than fifteen minutes, as the Ripper killed his victims he made sure that no blood splattered on his