The two figures below show the rate of criminal convictions among men and women of different ages in the UK and the proportion of male and female prison inmates in the British prison system. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

Given are two figures concerning criminality in Britain. The first provides data on the rates of conviction among

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and

women

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of various ages,

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the second indicates the gender balance of the UK prison population It is apparent from the information supplied that the rate of conviction among Brits of both sexes increases exponentially

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adolescence and peaks at the age of about 20.

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evident is the fact that

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are far more likely to offend than

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. From a negligible 2 per

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among 10-year-old boys, the male conviction rate soars to approximately 16 per

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among 20-year-olds. The percentage of female offenders, meanwhile, climbs from 0 per

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among girls of 10 to some 5 per

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for 20-year-olds. The subsequent decades,

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, see dramatic decreases in criminality among both sexes. A mere 2 per

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of crimes are committed by 60-year-old

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and 0 per

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by

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of the same age. As for the proportion of male and female prison inmates,

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outnumber

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24 to 1. Some 96 per

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of all prisoners are

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,

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the remainder

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female.