This is why we should think in terms of problem solving rather than "responsibility" in the traditional sense and punishment. The person is "responsible" in the

This is why we should think in terms of problem solving rather than "responsibility" in the traditional sense and punishment. The person is "responsible" in the sense that it was their body (i.e. them) that did the crime but that doesn't actually tell us anything. If the point is to prevent further such crimes then the conditions that caused it have to be prevented in some way or another. That's the original problem that retribution (and it's later reforms) was solving.