Why Were the Police Unable to Catch Jack the Ripper

Why were the police unable to catch the Jack the Ripper? Life in Whitechapel during the time of 1888 was known to be worthless, and cheap. Therefore the streets of Whitechapel were dangerous and risky. Murders to be with abuse, drinking, robbery, money or fights between gangs was very common and nothing out of the unordinary, especially for the street of Whitechapel where incidents like this occurred on a daily basis. Homelessness was a major problem …showed first 75 words of 682 total…

…showed last 75 words of 682 total…do so. Even though they did attempt to use new methods to try and catch Jack the Ripper, such as the use of bloodhounds. Unfortunately this wasn’t very effective because they were unable to fin any evidence. I feel that one of the main mistakes that the police force made and that is one of the reason why they were unable to find Jack the Ripper, was that they had a lack of communication.