Even in the US, crime is highly localized and regional. There are lots of places where bikes are rarely molested.
Growing up in the burbs, in one of the lower-class ones on the other side of the tracks, we left our bikes everywhere in town. Pizzeria, newspaper shop, the park. We didn't worry until, later in our teenage years one of us did get a bike swiped.
Funnily we saw the same bike at the pizzeria, spray painted flat black, and just stole it back. From then on we had someone watch the bikes and were more cautious.
Tunisia is pretty much a 100% Muslim country but it's very much a moderate laid back Islam rather than the extremism in Iran and Afghanistan.
Punishments in these countries are severe. Caning is still practiced in many, with the worst offending countries stone women and amputate hands.
It would be considered cruel and unusual in the US, unfortunately....
"Living conditions in Tunisian prisons are harsh: out of date institutions, poor hygiene, difficulty in accessing medical care, poor food, inadequate activities and visiting
facilities, violence, torture etc. Inmates are held in large, regularly overcrowded dormitories. Not all prisoners have their own bed, some sleep on the floor."
https://www.prison-insider.com/en/countryprofile/tunisie-2017
We all know the answer why!
Because it is a high-trust society.
High-trust starts at home with excellent parenting teaching highly uniform cultural mores. Everyone is on the same page, as
@PandaBear put it, the nail that sticks out gets the hammer, that's reinforcement enough socially and legally. Jus tliek in Tunisia
The reason we have gangs of youths raiding stores, stealing, drug issues, broken families is the welfare system broke down the family structure IMHO and passing down traditional western, Christian values stopped. Look at pre and post welfare African-American divorce and nuclear family stats. Before welfare, this cohort actually had a lower divorce rate than whites, after it changed, a lot. It's a complicated topic, but there is a crime correlation here which is undeniable.
Before the major expansion of the US welfare system in the 1960s, the vast majority of Black children were raised in two-parent, married households. Following the expansion of these programs, non-marital birth rates rose significantly. Research indicates a strong correlation between the subsequent rise in fatherless homes and higher rates of youth and violent crime
Pre-Welfare Era: Throughout the first half of the 20th century, the Black nuclear family was the norm. Up into the 1950s, over \(75\%\) of Black children lived with married parents, and out-of-wedlock birth rates were roughly \(25\%\). In 1950, only about \(9\%\) of Black children lived without their father in the home.Post-Welfare Era: Following the expansion of social programs (such as the Great Society initiatives in the mid-1960s), family structures shifted drastically. Non-marital births began to climb, reaching nearly \(69\%\) to \(72\%\) by the late 1990s and 2000s. Today, only about \(44\%\) of Black children live with both parents.
The Link to Delinquency: Research from institutions like the Heritage Foundation notes that communities and demographics with high concentrations of fatherless or single-parent homes frequently experience corresponding spikes in juvenile crime and gang activity.Economic and Social Factors: Studies, including analyses by the Cato Institute, indicate that children from single-parent households are significantly more likely to engage in anti-social behavior or become involved in the criminal-legal system.
The "
Man in the House" rule:
- The "Man in the House" rule: Older welfare policies often disqualified families from receiving aid if an able-bodied adult male was present in the home, which incentivized separation.
- Joblessness: Deindustrialization in urban centers and mass incarceration heavily impacted Black men, reducing the pool of stably employed partners and disrupting family formation. Joblessness: Deindustrialization in urban centers and mass incarceration heavily impacted Black men, reducing the pool of stably employed partners and disrupting family formation."
