Abstract: Despite the abundance of research with juvenile sexual offenders (JSOs) over the last decade, most of what is understood pertains to JSOs being a fairly heterogeneous group. Specific psychosocial characteristics have been identified for adult sexual offender populations, which include antisocial traits, sexual deviancy, and social incompetency. The relationship between sexual offending behaviors and histories of childhood maltreatment has also been explored throughout the literature. However, very little is understood about how maltreated JSOs differ from maltreated youth who do not sexual offend. The present study sought to identify and describe psychological, behavioral, and social differences between male JSOs and non-sexual offender (NSOs) youths, after controlling for maltreatment histories. Specifically, this study examined three specific psychosocial characteristics, previously identified as highly prevalent among adult sexual offenders. Eighty three JSO protocols were drawn from an existing data pool collected from moderate risk JSOs adjudicated to a sexual offender day treatment program and matched with eighty three NSOs from trauma treatment program. The sample (N = 166) was matched by age, ethnicity, and maltreatment history and compared on 11 variables from the Child Behavior Checklist; the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children; and the Children's Depression Inventory, using repeated measures multivariate and univariate analyses. One exploratory analysis utilized nine, (2X2) and three, (2X3) Between-Subject ANOVAs to identify effects of specific abuse types and complexity of abuse history on outcomes for the scales used to assess the three psychosocial factors. Significant differences were found among the two groups with JSOs typically scoring higher throughout the majority of the scales. For the combined aspects of the 'merged model' JSOs were elevated on measures of social incompetence, but differences were not identified for the antisocial and sexual deviancy summary variables. When the psychosocial domains were examined individually, additional significant differences were identified. JSOs scored higher for rule defiance, sexually maladaptive behaviors, social competency issues, and socially dependent behaviors. Although JSOs and NSOs significantly differed on some areas of the psychosocial domains associated with the adult sexual offender pathways, it appears the majority of the difference was small and may not be as clinically relevant in comparison to adult populations.