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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.

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.
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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
,
at
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a glance at the graph reveals that
imprisonment
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the imprisonment
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figure
 in the USA and UK climbed over the period and in Canada, Australia,
New
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and New
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Zealand
, it actually declined. It is clearly seen that the United States had the highest
number
 of inmates.
Also
, there was the lowest
figure
 in
Britain
 in 4 out of 6 years. In 1930, the
number
 of
prisoners
 in the United States reached
the
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 highest peak, with 120
thousand
prisoners
,
then
this
 data increased significantly to increase a peak of 140
thousand
 in 1980.
By contrast
,
Britain
 had the lowest
figure
of
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prisoners
 until 1970,
then
 the
figure
 jumped suddenly to reach 90
thousand
. Canada had the highest
number
 of
imprisonment
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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
same
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the same
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, about 70
thousand
 people. In 1980, 50
thousand
 of
the
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persons in New
Zealand
 were put in prison which was the lowest
figure
 in
this
 year.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words prisoners, britain, zealand, figure, number, thousand with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "numbers of" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
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