The graph below shows the figures for imprisonment in five countries between 1930 and 1980

The bar chart compares the

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of people who were arrested in five different countries over a

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of 50 years from 1930 to 1980. In general,the

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for imprisonment fluctuated over the given

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,

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the United States had the highest

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of

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whereas

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Great Britain had the lowest

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of

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. As can be seen from the graph,the United States had the highest indicators of

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for the majority of a given

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,and in 1980 the

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for

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country peaked at nearly 140,000.Canada had the highest

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in 1930 and 1950 with approximately 120,000

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in both years. The

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for New Zealand and Australia fluctuated between 40,000 and 100,000

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imprisonment in New Zealand tended to be the higher of the two.

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to the

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for other countries,the

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of

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in Great Britain rose steadily between 1930 and 1980 and reached about 80,000

at the end

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of the

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.