It is argued that parents of children who break the rules should be punished in some ways as parents are responsible for the children’s actions. The table below shows the figures for imprisonment in five countries between 1930 and 1980.

The bar chart compares the numbers of

prisoners

between 1930 and 1980 in five different countries, namely Great

Britain

, Australia, New

Zealand

, the United States and Canada.

Overall

,

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a glance at the graph reveals that

imprisonment

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in the USA and UK climbed over the period and in Canada, Australia,

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Zealand

, it actually declined. It is clearly seen that the United States had the highest

number

of inmates.

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, there was the lowest

figure

in

Britain

in 4 out of 6 years. In 1930, the

number

of

prisoners

in the United States reached

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highest peak, with 120

thousand

prisoners

,

then

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data increased significantly to increase a peak of 140

thousand

in 1980.

By contrast

,

Britain

had the lowest

figure

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prisoners

until 1970,

then

the

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jumped suddenly to reach 90

thousand

. Canada had the highest

number

of

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in 1930 and 1960 with nearly 140

thousand

people

in

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each year. In 1970, the

number

of

prisoners

in Great

Britain

, New

Zealand

and Australia was

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, about 70

thousand

people. In 1980, 50

thousand

of

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persons in New

Zealand

were put in prison which was the lowest

figure

in

this

year.