How far has the prison system come in regards to controlling crime in the UK as a whole since 1800.. for example.

Ethical considerations need to be addressed too.
‘ Deductive approachUK’ – top down approach

Qualitative research ( ontological position, epistemological position) construction-ism ( reality is pre-maid)
‘Inductive approach’ – bottom up approach

Whether that is to talk about why people re-offend, or why the prison system has or has not been effective since the panoptican prison (to include Beccaria and Bentham’s different perceptions about crime and deviance).
How far has the prison system come in regards to controlling crime in the UK as a whole since 1800.. for example.
It does not necessarily have to be based on this, but to have a similar link in order to make the proposal interesting and as close to link within criminality as possible.

Please may some references from the readings also be included.