Within Total 138 4. Sociologists often point to negative childhood experiences as possible causal factors in the criminal behavior of adults. A sample of 25 individuals convicted of violent crimes and a matching sample of 25 college students were obtained. A sociologist interviews each individual to determine whether there is any history of childhood abuse. The results were as follows: No Abuse History of Abuse Criminal 9 16 Student 19 6 Do the data indicate that a history of abuse is significantly more common for violent criminals than it is for non-criminal college students? Test at alpha = .05