Background Summary In their article Doug Hillian and Marge Reitsma-Street examine parental involvement in the youth criminal justice system in Western Canada. Their study was conducted on ten Caucasian families, nine of whom were middle- and upper-middle-class, with sons, involved in the juvenile criminal justice system. The study aimed to determine the place of parents in the justice system, which appears to make it more challenging for parents as they attempt to cope with the difficult task of parenting young offenders as they navigate a system that labels, blames and assumes that as parents are unfit, irresponsible and indifferent. Hillian and Reitsma argue that if one begins with conceptual approaches to youth justice, parents are usually missing. When you add parents, there are different ideas about what you can expect from them, where they can fit in and what support there should be. However, in crime control approaches, there are high expectations of parents and punishments if they do not behave as parents and their children break the laws. Hillian and Reitsma examine every possible aspect of the issue, such as systemic justice issues, probation officers, and other laws. officer's personal biases and beliefs related to parental involvement. The apparent intrinsic argument of the justice system, as well as the social one, is that parents can, should, and will care for and control their children, raising them as law-abiding citizens. Hillian and Reitma attempted to demystify the assumption by examining parents' perspectives on their experience with the justice system, recounting five evident themes: stress and loss, hard work, limited support, system constraints, and limited parental participation. of paper...the venial justice system, the community and the parents. Some things should be done immediately, such as treating parents with empathy and respect, understanding that they have rights and should be informed of those rights. Some of the ostensible rights of parents are fair treatment with dignity and respect, the right to know what the courts expect of them and to be informed of all scheduled court dates and appointments, which could be placed in a booklet. The overall benefit would be to work together in a collaborative effort to help reduce the rate of recidivism among youth and reduce the uncomfortable burden on parents, the community, and the juvenile justice system. Hillian and Reitsma provided the framework with information that could be easily used and implemented, to make changes in juvenile justice and the way we work with parents.