Background SummaryIn their article, Doug Hillian and Marge Reitsma-Street examine parental involvement in the youth criminal justice system in Western Canada. Their study was conducted among 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 the task more difficult for parents, who try to cope with the difficult task of parenting young offenders, while navigating a system who labels, blames and assumes that as parents they are unfit, irresponsible and uncaring. Hillian and Reitsma argue that if one begins with conceptual approaches to youth justice, parents are generally absent. When parents are added, there are different ideas about what can be expected of them, where they can fit in, and what support should be given to them. However, in anti-crime approaches, parents expect high penalties if they do not take good care of their children and their children break the laws. Hillian and Reitsma look at every possible aspect of the issues, such as judicial systemic issues, probation officers, and other aspects of the law. personal biases of those responsible and beliefs surrounding parental involvement. The apparent intrinsic argument of the justice system, in addition to the societal argument, is that parents can, should, and want to care for and control their children, raising them to become law-abiding citizens. Hillian and Reitma attempted to debunk this hypothesis by examining parents' perspectives on their experience with the justice system, describing five apparent themes: stress and loss, hard work, limited support, system constraints, and restricted parental participation. 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 that they need to be informed of these rights. Some of the apparent 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 might be inserted into a brochure. The overall benefit would be to work together in a collaborative effort to help reduce the rate of youth recidivism and ease the troublesome 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 bring about changes in juvenile justice and the way of working with parents.