Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Series
Home Office: Police and Crime Prevention (PCP Symbol Series) files
Catalogue reference: HO 528
What's it about?
HO 528
The content of the series is strongly policy based. The series contains: the development of crime prevention policy and strategy together with initiatives for specific crimes such as personal safety, car crime, fraud and crime on public...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 528
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Police and Crime Prevention (PCP Symbol Series) files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1989-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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The content of the series is strongly policy based. The series contains: the development of crime prevention policy and strategy together with initiatives for specific crimes such as personal safety, car crime, fraud and crime on public transport; local crime prevention initiatives; the regulation of the private security industry; crime prevention research; the analysis and review of Police operational policy against specific crimes such as child abuse, murder and drugs; Home Office input into ministerial committees, select committees, inter departmental meetings and conferences on crime prevention and strategy.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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PCP Symbol
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Home Office, Criminal Policy Department, 1987-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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73 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2015 Home Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Transport management
- Policing
- Crime
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Crime Directorate leads on that part of the Home Office's strategy, policy and legislation that is aimed at preventing and reducing crime. The array of issues the directorate covers includes: anti-social behaviour, violent crime, youth crime, reducing re-offending, drugs and alcohol as enablers of crime, partnerships as inhibitors of crime and licensing of controlled drugs. Prior to the formation of the Crime Directorate, crime prevention policy sat within F3 Division of the Police Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13431866/
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Home Office: Police and Crime Prevention (PCP Symbol Series) files
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