James "Jim" T. Clemente (born October 30, 1959,
San Mateo, California
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) is an American author, former New York State prosecutor, former
FBI
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profiler, podcast co-host and creator of the show ''Real Crime Profile'', and writer/producer on CBS' ''
Criminal Minds
''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral ...
''.
Early life
As a child, Clemente was a victim of sexual abuse.
It wasn't until he became a prosecutor in New York in 1983, that he came forward about the abuse and decided to take action. After contacting the FBI and
NYPD
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's Sexual Exploitation of Children Task Force, he agreed to wear a wire and was able to gather evidence to convict his abuser, the former camp director of a
Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) camp, where he attended.
Following this take-down, he was recruited by the FBI where he worked as an undercover agent and a profiler in the
Behavioral Analysis Unit.
FBI
Clemente worked for the FBI for 22 years (1987-2009) where he was an expert on child sexual abuse, victimization, abduction and homicide. He's also an expert in criminal behavioral profiling.
He worked undercover in a multi-year Wall Street investigation, worked the
Whitewater investigation, and was part of the team that cracked the
D.C. Sniper case.
Jim's brother is
Tim Clemente who also served as a special agent in the FBI.
Television
Clemente began working as a technical advisor and freelance writer for CBS' ''
Criminal Minds
''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral ...
'' in 2010. In 2015, he became a producer on the show where he continued to write and produce through its final season in 2019.
[ ]
Clemente was a technical advisor on the television series ''
Secrets and Lies'', ''
Quantico'', ''
Misconduct
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'', and ''
Blindspot''.
Clemente created and produced the television show ''
Manhunt: Unabomber'', an 8-episode series released by
Discovery
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* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discovery ...
in 2017.
Podcasts
Clemente is the co-host of the podcast ''Real Crime Profile'' distributed on
Wondery. He also hosted the limited series podcast ''Locked Up Abroad'' which served as an audio adaptation to the
National Geographic
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television show of the same name (''Locked Up Abroad).'' Clemente also co-created and co-hosts the podcast ''Best Case Worst Case'' where listeners are taken behind police lines.
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Living people
21st-century American male writers
American television producers
1959 births