Vigilante Groups and Jack the Ripper

Anne-Marie Kilday

Vigilante Groups and Jack the Ripper

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This chapter will assess the significance of vigilante groups to the investigation into the Whitechapel Murders, with a particular emphasis on the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee and the central involvement it seemed to have in the public perception of the investigation into these crimes. Not only will this analysis highlight the weaknesses of the police investigation into the killings in the Autumn of 1888, but it will also ascertain the strength of opinion towards the ‘new’ police amongst Victorian society and what Victorians suggested as viable alternatives in the hunt for Jack the Ripper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Jack the Ripper Studies
Editors	Anne-Marie Kilday, David Nash, Katherine Watson
Publisher	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	13
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 19 May 2025

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Vigilante Groups and Jack the Ripper

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