London's Shadows: The Dark Side of the Victorian City (50 page)

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Creating the `Myth' of Jack the Ripper

2 Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London: The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 in Context

3 East Meets West: The Contrasting Nature of Victorian London and the Mixed Community of the East En

4 Read All About It! Ripper News and Sensation in Victorian Society

5 The Bitter Cry of Outcast London: Poverty, Charity and the Fear of Revolution

6 City of Dreadful Delights: Vice, Prostitution and Victorian Society

7 Crime and the Criminal Class in Late Victorian London

8 Watching the Detectives: The Police and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper

9 London's Shadows: The Darker Side of the Victorian Capital

Notes

Bibliography

Index

1 `The nemesis of neglect', Punch, September 1888 18

2 `Is he the Whitechapel murderer?' The Illustrated Police News, September 1888 39

3 `Useful Sunday literature for the masses' Punch, September 1849 98

4 `The latest murder, Moonshine, November 1890 105

5 `The Unemployed and the Police, Moonshine, October 1887 136

6 `The real starver of the poor - John Bull vainly endeavors to relieve the distress, Fun, November

7 `Whitechapel, 1888; Punch, October 1888 173

8 `Military drill v. police duty', Funny Folks, September 1888 213

9 `The dynamite explosions in London, The Graphic, January 1885 219

10 `Blind-man's buff', Punch, September 1888 222

7.1 Hearings at Thames Police Court, January 1887-December 1887 (Court Register 1) 176

7.2 The nature of assault prosecutions at the Thames Police Court by summons, January to December 18

7.3 Trials at the Old Bailey, 1850-1899 186

7.5 Property offences at the Old Bailey, 1850-1899 by percentage occurrence 189

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Creating the `Myth' of Jack the Ripper

2 Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London: The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 in Context

3 East Meets West: The Contrasting Nature of Victorian London and the Mixed Community of the East En

4 Read All About It! Ripper News and Sensation in Victorian Society

5 The Bitter Cry of Outcast London: Poverty, Charity and the Fear of Revolution

6 City of Dreadful Delights: Vice, Prostitution and Victorian Society

7 Crime and the Criminal Class in Late Victorian London

8 Watching the Detectives: The Police and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper

9 London's Shadows: The Darker Side of the Victorian Capital

Notes

Bibliography

Index

1 `The nemesis of neglect', Punch, September 1888 18

2 `Is he the Whitechapel murderer?' The Illustrated Police News, September 1888 39

3 `Useful Sunday literature for the masses' Punch, September 1849 98

4 `The latest murder, Moonshine, November 1890 105

5 `The Unemployed and the Police, Moonshine, October 1887 136

6 `The real starver of the poor - John Bull vainly endeavors to relieve the distress, Fun, November

7 `Whitechapel, 1888; Punch, October 1888 173

8 `Military drill v. police duty', Funny Folks, September 1888 213

9 `The dynamite explosions in London, The Graphic, January 1885 219

10 `Blind-man's buff', Punch, September 1888 222

7.1 Hearings at Thames Police Court, January 1887-December 1887 (Court Register 1) 176

7.2 The nature of assault prosecutions at the Thames Police Court by summons, January to December 18

7.3 Trials at the Old Bailey, 1850-1899 186

7.5 Property offences at the Old Bailey, 1850-1899 by percentage occurrence 189

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