This work examines the Professional Action Competences (hereafter referred to as PAC) of psychologists attached to the family’s defender centers of the Criminal Responsibility System for Adolescents (hereinafter CRSA), based on two fundamental tasks: initial assessment reports and reports prepared for the hearing of imposing sanctions to the youth. The analysis was carried out taking as a reference the guidelines of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), the Childhood and Adolescence Law (Law 1098 of 2006) and the Law of the Psychologist (Law 1090 of 2006). It is concluded, among other issues, that the activities carried out by these psychologists are mixed in two independently related processes, such as the Administrative Process for the Restoration of Rights (APRR) and the Advance Judicial Process against the adolescent, even incurring in actions you would count against to the deontology of the psychologist. Key words: Adolescent in conflict with the law, Criminal Responsibility System for Adolescents, family advocacy, ethical challenges, professional action competencies