Question

Q2a

How useful are sources A and B for an enquiry into the problems encountered by the police investigating the Whitechapel murders? [8]
Sources for use with Section A
Source A: From The Star newspaper on 5 September 1833, five days after the murder of Mary
Ann Nichols, the first victim of the criminal who became known as Jack the Ripper.
Whitechapel is loud in its indignation over the efficiency of the detectives and
is asking several questions to which there does not seem to be any satisfactory
answer Among other things the people wish to know why the police do not arrest
Leather Apron "Leather Apron" by himself is quite an unpleasant cheracter...
he is a more ghoulish and devilish brute than can be found in all the pages of
shocking fiction... He name nobody knows, but all are united in the bellef that
he is a Jew or of Jewish parentage his face being of a marked Hebrew type...
Source B: From The Daily News, 13 October 1888, several wooks after the Whitechapel Vigilance
Committee offered a reward for Information loading to the cepture of the Whitechapel
murdarer
A corps of detectives had in their possession quite a bulky packet of papers all
rolating to information supplied to the police, and all as a detective remarked.
"amounting to nothing"
"The difficulty of our work," he said, "is much greater than the general public are
aware of The reward for the apprehension of the murderer has had one effect
-it has inundated us with descriptions of persons into whose movements we
are expected to inquire for the sole reason that they have of late been noticed to
keep rather irregular hours and to take their meals alona
Some of these cases we have sent men to investigate, and the persons who it
has proved have been unjustly suspected have been very indignant, and
naturally so.
We do not expect that the batch of inquiries to be undertakan today will lead to
any more satisfactory result than those of previous days..

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Source A is useful for understanding the public opinion of the police's investigation and the potential identity of their suspect. It provides a description of a potential suspect, "Leather Apron," and gives insight into the public's belief that he is of Jewish parentage. Source B is useful for understanding the difficulties that the police are facing in their investigation. It details the number of unreliable leads that the police have been inundated with and the difficulties that have arisen from the public offering a reward for information. Overall, these sources provide useful insight into the problems encountered by the police investigating the Whitechapel murders.