What is the five-year evidence review?
The Family Violence Protection Act 2008 requires five-yearly reviews of MARAM to ensure it reflects current evidence and best practice.
What has been achieved so far?
The first of these reviews- the literature, practice, and design review, led by Allen & Clarke Consulting is now complete. You can read the report from Allen & Clarke Consulting.
A second part of the evidence review, a data review, is also underway, analysing available data on the evidence-based risk factors. This review is led by Monash University and is scheduled to be completed in 2025.
Monash University and Family Safety Victoria are working together to create data linkages using data from the Coroner’s Court of Victoria and FSV’s Tools for Risk Assessment and Management (TRAM) data platform*. This data linkage will provide a better understanding of evidence-based risk factors to assist in the response to family violence risk assessment and risk management.
*For more information on TRAM, see the updates on “MARAM tools in TRAM and SHIP”.
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