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 graph shows the imprisonment

rate

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in

five

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countries

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- Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the US, and

Canada

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- over

five

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decades

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from 1930 to 1980.

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, it can be seen that

Canada

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had the highest

number

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of

prisoners

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in 1930

while

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Great Britain had the least.

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, after 50 years, the figure for incarceration decreased in

Canada

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and the US accounted for the greatest

number

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of

prisoners

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.

To begin

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with, in 1930, the

number

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of

prisoners

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in

Canada

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stood at 120

thousand

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, which was the highest among the other

countries

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.

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number

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,

however

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, fluctuated over the

five

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decades

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, hitting a low of approximately 80

thousand

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in 1970.

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of the period, the

number

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of inmates in

Canada

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reached just below 100

thousand

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.

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, Great Britain showed the lowest value at the beginning of the period (around 25

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in 1930).

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figure rose gradually over time, ending the period at 80

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prisoners

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.

On the other hand

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, the

number

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of

prisoners

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in the US and New Zealand was equal (100

thousand

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) in 1930. It is evident that over the following

decades

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, there was a large gap between the Imprsonmate

rate

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in these two

countries

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, and they experienced an opposing trend.

At the end

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of the

five

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decades

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, the imprisonment

rate

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in the US became the highest

number

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among all

countries

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.

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, a glance at the graph provided shows some striking similarities between the imprisonment

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pattern of Australia and New Zealand.

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, in 1980, the

number

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of inmates in Australia decreased noticeably to roughly 50

thousand

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.