The chart 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 graph presented the number of

imprisonment

in five

countries

between 1930 and 1980. The

countries

being observed were Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada. In general, all of the

countries

experienced a fluctuation in the figures for

imprisonment

between 1930 and 1980. Only in Great Britain, the figures consistently increased from year to year. Both Australia and New Zealand had a similar pattern where the number of imprisonments dropped significantly from 1980 to 1950 before rising steadily from 1960 to 1970. The only difference between the two

countries

happened in 1980 as the figures for

imprisonment

in Australia dropped to 50

while

it rose to 85 in New Zealand.

Furthermore

, the fluctuation

also

happened in the United States on a yearly basis and got to its highest

point

in 1980.

However

, Canada had an interesting pattern where there was a gradual decrease from 1930 to 1980, showing a different pattern compared to the other four

countries

. Across all of the five

countries

, the most fluctuation happened in the United States. It started at 100

imprisonment

in 1980 and increased to 130 in 1940. Interestingly, the number dropped the following year back to around 100.

However

, it went up again to around 110 before dropping to its lowest

point

at 90 in 1970. After hitting its lowest

point

, it increased significantly to its highest

point

at 130 in 1980.