The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics is the most comprehensive Bureau of Justice Statistics publication. It includes a multitude of data including all of the following except <u>complete crime data from all local police departments</u>.
<u>Explanation</u>:
The Sourcebook comprises lot of data collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The data is related to information like characteristics of criminal justice agencies, and their perception on crime record.
Published statistics refers to compilation of the data collected by government organizations. The agencies collect and modify their data that are required for a specific research project conducted by someone outside the agency. These data collected by the researchers help in addressing new research questions. The criminal justice researchers have authorities to access the nonpublic agency records.
