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1 [Review] Before I Sleep: My Life Fighting Crime and Corruption Anastasia Dukova , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , December vol. 24 no. 2 2017; (p. 326-328)
— Review of Before I Sleep : Memoirs of a Modern Police Commissioner Ray Whitrod , 2001 single work autobiography

'This is an encompassing and evocative memoir by former Queensland Police Force (QPF) Commissioner Ray Whitrod, who wore many hats in his lifetime. However, heading Queensland’s police force between 1970 and 1976 had the most impact on his future career, social life and health. The Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption following the term of his successor Terry Lewis had a watershed effect on the QPF and the organisation was overhauled. Given the scarcity of insights into the political dimensions of QPF management during this time, Whitrod’s memoir will be invaluable for scholars of Australian policing and politics and its Queensland dimensions. Before I Sleep affords the reader a glimpse into the personal life of a person responsible for the formation of key national and state organisations: the Commonwealth Police, the Australian Institute of Criminology and Victims of Crime Service in his home state of South Australia, to name a few.' (Introduction)
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