This report on the experience with youth who live in shelters and, in a larger number, with young infractors, intends to show the force of life that exists in this youths and young girls who are usually seen only as violent and threatening individuals. The work carried out with the paradox represented by this youth, always supported by the reference of Institutional Analysis, made the authors question some places and knowledges erroneously taken for granted, and helped to think of new ways of making psychology and dealing with this public.
youth; infraction; dispositive-group; analyzer