Intensive Correction Orders

Background information (2015)

​The provisions​

​Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Part 5

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Regulation 2010 (NSW) Part 3

Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW) Part 3

Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014 (NSW) Part 10​

​Relevant reviews

Intensive Correction Orders were introduced following recommendations in the Sentencing Council's 2007 review of periodic detention​.

The NSW Law Reform Commission reviewed the operation of intensive correction orders in its 2013 review of sentencing. Report 139 reviews the orders in Chapter 9 and proposes a new community detention order in Chapter 11.​

​Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research studies​​​

The impact of intensive correction orders on re-offending - Crime and Justice Bulletin No 176

Sentencing outcomes for those assessed for intensive correction order suitability - Bureau Brief No 86

Intensive correction orders vs other penalties: offender profiles - Criminal Justice Bulletin No 163

Last updated:

12 Nov 2024