SIMON Corbell and Shane Rattenbury are scratching their heads and hoping someone in the community has some ideas for replacing periodic detention.

The pair have announced a “first progress report of the Justice Reform Strategy”.

They say the report focused on work and consultation undertaken to find a suitable replacement to periodic detention, which ends on 1 July 2016.

“A number of jurisdictions around the world have moved towards intensive correction orders and this has been substantially investigated, recognising that not all are suitable in their entirety,” Simon said.

“What has been identified is that some orders have high rates of compliance while others are less likely to result in behavioural change.

“Periodic (or weekend) detention has been shown to be an ineffective and outdated sentencing option, and the ACT is the last jurisdiction to maintain this option.

“From our extensive consultation it’s clear stakeholders share the view any new option for a sentence served in the community achieves not only the purpose of punishment but importantly offers rehabilitation opportunities.

“By analysing and discussing how our Australian counterparts have tackled community sentencing, useful lessons can be learned to guide an ACT model, and we can address issues such as the length of the sentence and eligibility of both offences and offenders.

“The government is committed to identifying a new community based sentencing option for the territory which best suits the requirements of the community, victims and offenders,” Shane said.

“This report is the next step in ensuring we are developing the most effective sentencing regime that will improve community safety and reduce crime and recidivism.”

The First Stage Report is available at justice.act.gov.au