<![CDATA[Children in conflict with the law are children who commit violations of the law for various reasons and require family support to survive. Studies on family structure and family social support for children in conflict with the law have not been comprehensively synthesized. This research was conducted using a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach with reference to the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. This study used two international databases, namely Scopus and Proquest, which met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed using thematic synthesis techniques. The research data reveal that children in conflict with the law mostly come from non-intact families, such as single parent families, families experiencing divorce, and families unstable due to family transition processes. Family structure does not directly influence the occurrence of children in conflict with the law, because there are processes that influence it, such as parental attachment, parental monitoring, family cohesion, and family functioning, which shape the quality of family social support. These findings confirm that family structure is a contextual factor that influences the family’s capacity to provide social support for children in conflict with the law.]]>
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