In the name of the children - Jeffrey L. Rinek

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
spectre of so much suffering.