Parenting can impact young people’s justice system involvement but there is a scarcity of research that examines how parenting practices, specifically mothering, are influenced by labelling processes. Accordingly, this article considers how the labelling of young people from forced migration backgrounds as criminals impacted mothering and maternal efficacy during a ‘law and order crisis’ in Melbourne, Australia. Drawing on interviews and focus groups with mothers and young people of South Sudanese heritage, we illustrate how this hostile social climate generated secondary stigma, and amplified anxieties and concerns about inclusivity and belonging. The research advances our theoretical understanding of parental control and parental efficacy in the post-settlement context by bringing the gendered experiences of mothers as providers of supervision and support into focus. It suggests labelling may undermine maternal efficacy and exacerbate intercultural and intergenerational tensions, but that community involvement may support parents and mitigate the risk of deviance amplification.

育儿可以影响年轻人对司法系统的参与，但是缺乏研究来检验育儿习惯，特别是育儿，如何受到标签程序的影响。因此，本文考虑了将来自强迫移民背景的年轻人标记为犯罪分子如何影响母亲和产妇的效能在澳大利亚墨尔本发生“法律与秩序危机”期间。通过与南苏丹传统母亲和年轻人的访谈和焦点小组讨论，我们说明了这种敌对的社会气候如何产生二次污名，并加剧了对包容性和归属感的焦虑和担忧。该研究通过将母亲作为监督和支持提供者的性别体验作为重点，提高了我们对解决后背景下父母控制和父母效能的理论理解。它表明标签可能会破坏孕产妇的功效并加剧文化间和代际间的紧张关系，但社区参与可能会支持父母并减轻偏差扩大的风险。