Read the case of "jack the ripper", perhaps the most famous criminal case in the modern world. Discern what made his victims so appealing to him (or her). Sex workers continue to be victimized at a much higher rate than the general population to this day - moreover, the crimes committed against them largely go unreported and unsolved. Was jack the ripper even an outlier? Was he the beginning of this trend or merely just a famous example that history remembers the best?