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Dan Casey
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 9:00 pm: | 
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I need to do a speech on how the Jack the Ripper Case has helped lead to what Criminal Justice has come to today. What kind of speciffic examples can be made about the investiation? |
Diana
Chief Inspector
Username: Diana
Post Number: 563
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 6:56 pm: |
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Jack was the first recorded serial killer. Law enforcement took a long time to adjust, but today we are studying profiling, DNA, etc. Law enforcement is catching up. I personally think that the more that is understood about serial killers, the less likely it will be that they will be let out for "good behavior". |
Dan Norder
Chief Inspector
Username: Dannorder
Post Number: 577
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2005 - 5:14 pm: |
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There are actually plenty of records of serial killers that predate Jack the Ripper, Jack was just the most highly publicized.
I think one of the most important lessons the police learned from the Ripper killings, and one not discussed as often as it should, is the principle of not letting explicit details of the exact methods of the murders end up being printed by the newspapers. The first inquests went into excrutiating detail and were highly publicized, which meant there really wasn't any bit of information the police could use to see if a suspect or letter-writer claiming to be the killer was the real deal. You know, the whole "It must be the killer because he gave out details that only the killer would know!" thing everyone in their uncle uses now? That came about as a direct result of people seeing that doing it the other way was a bad idea. By the time of the Mary Jane Kelly inquest, they stopped that.
Dan Norder, Editor
Ripper Notes: The International Journal for Ripper Studies
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