Researchers argue that a profound generational shift by millennials and Gen Zers away from criminal behavior is ending mass incarceration and will ultimately reduce the prison population by 50 percent over the next two decades, with or without accompanying policy reforms.
In a Washington Monthly story last week, Keith Humphreys, Shawn D. Bushway, and Jason Robey declared, "Mass incarceration is ending," citing their new research article published in the Annual Review of Criminology.
