James "Jim" T. Clemente (born October 30, 1959,

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) is an American author, former New York State prosecutor, former

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profiler, podcast co-host and creator of the show ''Real Crime Profile'', and writer/producer on CBS' ''

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''.

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

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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' ''

'' 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'', ''

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'', and '' Blindspot''. Clemente created and produced the television show '' Manhunt: Unabomber'', an 8-episode series released by

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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

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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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clemente, Jim Living people 21st-century American male writers American television producers 1959 births