How many leaflets did they use to find Jack the Ripper?

Answer 1

Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper was one of the most famous and renowned killers in history. Even though he was not the first serial killer, he was the first killer to strike on a metropolis setting. Jack the Ripper was in his prime at a time when the media had a strong control over society and society had as a whole was becoming much more literate. The police used leaflets, in a police leaflet published after the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Kate Eddowes. These leaflets were posted through peoples doors in the East End by the police. These leaflets were to encourage people to come forward and put people's names who were believed to be suspicious, and any information they had on who the murderer was. There were however many short comings in this. Already without even reading this source you notice that there is a problem with the police using this form of communication to the public. In the nineteenth Century many people in the East end were illiterate and uneducated, and consequently the leaflets made no impact at them at all as they could not read this leaflet. In addition, there were problems even if the people could read. The leaflet itself was general. "should you know any person to whom suspicion is attached" it is very universal. This was to no abail since the ripper was never caught or aprehended.