The table below shows the figures for imprisonment in five countries between 1930 and 1980. Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below.

The bar chart illustrates the incarceration levels in five different countries over a 50-year period.

Overall

, states in North America

similarly

had significantly high numbers with the USA having a minimum of 95 in the 1970s and a maximum of 135 in the 80s

while

Great Britain maintained the lowest for most of the timeline with 85 being the highest,

then

closely followed by Australia and New Zealand.

Although

New Zealand started at a high value of 100 in the 30s, it was halved in the next decade and

then

slowly increased over time, Australia had the same trend too.

Furthermore

, they had the same levels in the 1970s but the former’s figures inflated in the 80s but the latter’s

otherwise

dipped and returned to its average.

Additionally

, the jailing rates in Canada and in the United States declined and inclined consecutively over the period.but in the 1980s the US numbers were up by 40 compared to her bordering neighbour. It is

also

apparent that GB incarceration only escalated whilst every other country except the US peaked their statistics at the beginning of the period.