Browse Hierarchy HIST5010: Jack the Ripper and the Victorian Underworld

This module introduces you to the historiography related to crime and punishment in the Victorian period. The module will address the social, economic and political nature of the period and look at the change in attitudes towards crime and punishment both on the part of the authorities and on the part of the public at large. The module will analyse the nature of crime in Victorian Britain, using Jack the Ripper as a case study to understand how particular crimes can influence and alter perceptions of the moral, social and cultural climate of the day. The module builds on the practical and theoretical work done in the level four modules Rise of the Modern World, Medicine and Society and Everyday Life in Britain. It complements the level five module Crime and Punishment through the Ages and with it prepares you for the level six module Advanced Study in the History of Crime.