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Jack the Ripper and His Impact on History

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In 9 pages (7 pp. text, 1 pg. Roman numeral outline, and 1 pg. Table of Contents) this paper examines the significance of the British serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, the places where these murders took place, the victims, possible suspects, the events the took place thereafter, the importance of innovations such as DNA testing and how such testing could finally reveal the killer’s identity, and also considers the impacts of this murderer and his murders on history. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.

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9 pages (~225 words per page)

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Round Up the Unusual Suspects.........................................5 Similarities in the murders..........................................5 Letters from potential suspects as evidence..........................6 Wide range of suspects from laborers to royalty......................6 Murder aftermath and social upheaval.................................7 Court of public opinion..............................................8 DNA and Revealing a Murderers Identity.................................8 Patricia Cornwells portrait of a killer.............................8 Ian Findlays findings...............................................8 Conclusion..............................................................9 Enduring celebrity of Jack the Ripper................................9 Social consequences of the murders...................................9 I. Thesis Statement A.) The infamous Jack the Ripper gave birth to the twentieth century and beyond as he spawned more than a century of copycat killings and media exploitation of the morbid fascination with violence and the individuals who inflict it while the victims are all but forgotten; Western civilization, in a sense, lost its collective innocence. II. The Place and the People Affected by the Killings of Jack the Ripper A.) In Whitechapel, an urban ghetto on Londons East End, referred to as the abyss by the middle class, impoverished factory workers lived in cramped tenements close to their industry employers, businesses owned mostly by Jews and foreigners. B.) Within a seven-month period, seven women - mostly prostitutes - were savagely murdered and mutilated by an unknown assailant, but after November 1888, the slayings stopped as quickly as they began. C.) The similarities in these killings, in the victims, their close proximity, and the manner of the killings lead historians to conclude that Jack the Ripper was the first documented serial killer; although his identity was unknown, he and not his victims, was the focus of attention from the public and criminal investigators. III. Round Up the Unusual Suspects A.) Despite several arrests, letters (including one ...

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