Mapp V. Ohio: Guarding Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures

by Carolyn N. Long

Book Overview

Although she came to be known as merely "that girl with the dirty books," Dollree Mapp was a poor but proud black woman who defied a predominantly white police force by challenging the legality of its search-and-seizure methods. Her case, which went all the way to the Supreme Court, remains hotly debated and highly controversial today.

In 1957, Cleveland police raided Mapp's home on a tip--from future fight promoter Don "the Kid" King--that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700614419
• ISBN13: 9780700614417
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.3"