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12 Feminist Criminology 3 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/femcrim12 and id is 1 raw text is: Article Feminist Criminology 2017, Vol. 12(1) 3-21 Revisiting the Yorkshire @ The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: Ripper Murders: Interrogating sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOl: 10.1177/1557085115602960 Gender Violence, Sex W ork, fcx.sagepub.com and Justice OSAGE Louise Wattis' Abstract Between 1975 and 1980, I3 women, 7 of whom were sex workers, were murdered in the North of England. Aside from the femicide itself, the case was infamous for police failings, misogyny, and victim blaming. The article begins with a discussion of the serial murder of women as a gendered structural phenomenon within the wider context of violence, gender, and arbitrary justice. In support of this, the article revisits the above case to interrogate police reform in England and Wales in the wake of the murders, arguing that despite procedural reform, gendered cultural practices continue to shape justice outcomes for victims of gender violence. In addition, changes to prostitution policy are assessed to highlight how the historical and ongoing Othering and criminalization of street sex workers perpetuates the victimization of this marginalized group of women. Keywords policing, femicide, history, prostitution, sex work, victimology (general), women Introduction Between 1975 and 1980, Peter Sutcliffe, who became known as the Yorkshire Ripper murdered 13 women and is known to have attacked another 8 women. With the excep- tion of the doctor Harold Shipman who murdered 215 of his patients, most of whom were women, Peter Sutcliffe has murdered more women than any other British serial killer (Grover & Soothill, 1999). Seven of the murder victims were women involved 'Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK Corresponding Author: Louise Wattis, Teesside University, Clarendon Building, Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS I 3BA, UK. Email: L.wattis@tees.ac.uk

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