Forecasting the future while investigating the past. The use of computational models in pre-trial detention decisions.

The paper focuses on the traditional purpose of pre-trial detention (and other precautionary measures) to prevent specific risks. While liberty is rule, before conviction, an absolute exception, competing with opposite principle presumption innocence: providing valuable and accurate justification for balancing interest risk innocence overarching difficulty judges, in whole western world. Which solutions? reflects compares solution legal presumptions newer trend actuarial assessment tools, based psycho-criminological theories, Italian uS federal systems.