Using the series Adolescence, this article offers a psychoanalytical and psycho-criminological reading of the masculinist passage to the act in adolescence. The analysis compares the fictional material with data from international literature, research, and expert practice with violent masculinists to show that the function of the act is a last-ditch effort to subjectivate a feeling of shame, narcissistic breakdown, and subjective non-existence.

Adolescence, 2026, 44, 2, 403-416.