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This study developed a classification model for matching appropriate psychoeducational interventions with specific groups of adolescent sexual offenders. Participants were male juvenile sex offenders incarcerated as wards in the Continuum of Care SeX Offender Treatment Program of the California Department of Corrections. The treatment provided services to offenders while incarcerated and throughout their parole. Psychoeducational interventions were used to explain common laws, norms in mainstream American culture, and consequences for choosing behaviors outside the norms. The treatment team included specialized parole agents, youth counselors, supervisors, psychologists, and teachers. A formative and summative evaluation of the program was conducted over 3 years. The Offender Typology System was developed to classify juvenile offenders into one of four categories. The model described offenders relative to two dimensions (knowledge and skills and morality and values). Overall, treatment tea