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    In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators
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    In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators

    By Jeffrey L. Rinek and Marilee Strong

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    "The voice that narrates In the Name of the Children: An F.B.I. Agent’s Relentless Pursuit of the Nation’s Worst Predators, which Rinek wrote with the journalist Marilee Strong, sounds warm and humane, qualities missing from much crime writing. Their book is a professional job, filled with illuminating details about the day-to-day operations of the bureau."

    —New York Times Book Review 

     

    FBI Special Agent Jeff Rinek had a gift for getting child predators to confess. All he had to do was share a piece of his soul . . .

    In the Name of the Children gives an unflinching look at what it's like to fight a never-ending battle against an enemy far more insidious than terrorists: the predators, lurking amongst us, who seek to harm our children.

    During his 30-year career with the FBI, Jeff Rinek worked hundreds of investigations involving crimes against children: from stranger abduction to serial homicide to ritualized sexual abuse. Those who do this kind of work are required to plumb the depths of human depravity, to see things no one should ever have to see—and once seen can never forget. There is no more important—or more brutal—job in law enforcement, and few have been more successful than Rinek at solving these sort of cases.

    Most famously, Rinek got Cary Stayner to confess to all four of the killings known as the Yosemite Park Murders, an accomplishment made more extraordinary by the fact that the FBI nearly pinned the crimes on the wrong suspects. Rinek's recounting of the confession and what he learned about Stayner provides perhaps the most revelatory look ever inside the psyche of a serial killer and a privileged glimpse into the art of interrogation.

    In the Name of the Children takes readers into the trenches of real-time investigations where every second counts and any wrong decision or overlooked fact can have tragic repercussions. Rinek offers an insider's perspective of the actual case agents and street detectives who are the boots on the ground in this war at home. By placing us inside the heart and mind of a rigorously honest and remarkably self-reflective investigator, we will see with our own eyes what it takes—and what it costs—to try to keep our children safe and to bring to justice those who prey on society's most vulnerable victims.

    With each chapter dedicated to a real case he worked, In the Name of the Children also explores the evolution of Rinek as a Special Agent—whose unorthodox, empathy-based approach to interviewing suspects made him extraordinarily successful in obtaining confessions—and the toll it took to have such intimate contact with child molesters and murderers. Beyond exploring the devastating impact of these unthinkable crimes on the victims and their families, this book offers an unprecedented look at how investigators and their loved ones cope while living in the specter of so much suffering.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBenBella Books
    Release dateJul 17, 2018
    ISBN9781946885289
    Author

    Jeffrey L. Rinek

    Jeffey Rinek served 30 years as a Special Agent with the FBI primarily investigating cases of missing and murdered children and is internationally renowned for obtaining a surprise confession from serial killer Cary Stayner to the brutal slayings of four women and girls known as the Yosemite Park Murders. In theSacramento office of the FBI, he was responsible for assisting police and sheriff's departments throughout Northern California in active and cold-case investigations involving missing children, child kidnappings, and the abuse, exploitation, and murder of children. He also served as a certified profiler for the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. In 2003 he was named Investigator of the Year by the California Sexual Assault Investigators Association and in 2006 received an Award for Excellence from the International Homicide Investigators Association. He was the Sacramento division case agent in 1993 overseeing theinvestigation that would come to be known as the Unabomber case. He has also worked for the FBI in theareas of white-collar crime, foreign counter-intelligence, and organized crime, served on the Bureau's swat team, and as a co-pilot in its aviation force. He and his work have been featured on numerous TV documentary crime shows including A&E's American Justice, TruTV's Crime Stories, and Investigation Discovery's Real Detective.

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    • 5/5
      In the past, heroes fought all kinds of monsters, stories that were well preserved in mythology.
      Nowadays, men who are true to their protective nature, will act like heroes by protecting the weak from the monstruosity of other's selfishness, stupidity or indifference.

      This story is the story of a hero, walking humbly among us and righting wrongs, preserving innocence or simply being there for those who need it.
    • 5/5
      This was definitely one of the most difficult of "True Crime" I've ever read and yet it was the most compelling book to read. I would only stop reading due to falling asleep - since I do majority of my reading at nighttime. Mr. Rinek, you have given more than just 30 years to the FBI, you gave it your entire soul and thank you so much for doing so. I don't doubt you still have your flashbacks, most people who have PTSD have them - I myself suffer from it as well and yes, I have my flashbacks also. I could not help but cry along with you during your confession times, your realization of what you'd done to friends & family (I'm sure they might downplay it some in real life at some point or other), and last, but definitely not least, what you gave to victims and their families. "Closure" is such a simple word, yet in some cases a very nice, important word. There are those of us, not in criminal justice world, who know this. We should give you another award from people like myself, avid readers of "True Crime" books! Much appreciation goes also to your esteemed co-author, Marilee Strong. I'm sure she have a few gentle nudges when needed.
    • 5/5
      The book is rivetting, some details I wish I had not read. But this book must be a good therapy for you Sir Rinek. Your mission is life was difficult (FBI work) and took a toll on your life but in the end God gifted you with a wife who truly partnered with you in sickness and in health, through good times and bad, and boys who are good people. God bless you Sir and may the FBI and other law enforcers clip the works of the evil ones out there, whose victims are children who have no voice. It is pure evil, but I know our God is mightier than all the evil. I pray for you and your family!

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