It hardly makes sense to speak of the US as a monolith in this respect. In some parts of the US, people don't lock their front doors during the day and unatten

It hardly makes sense to speak of the US as a monolith in this respect. In some parts of the US, people don't lock their front doors during the day and unattended vegetable stands have money jars for honor-system payment. In other parts, they put bars on all their windows like prison cells and lock bicycles to anything bolted to the ground.