Forensic case formulation is the first text that describes the principles and application of case formulation specifically to forensic clinical practice addresses risk assessment and its implications for case formulation and treatment covers a range of serious forensic problems such as violence sexual offending personality disorder and substance misuse. Forensic case formulation is the first text that describes the principles and application of case formulation specifically to forensic clinical practice addresses risk assessment and its implications for case formulation and treatment covers a range of serious forensic problems such as violence sexual offending personality disorder and substance misuse. Forensic case formulation is an under studied and growing area within the violence risk assessment literature the current study aimed to address gaps in the literature by examining the interrater . Six themes on forensic case formulation theory underpinning formulationone enduring issue in case formulation is whether clinicians should make formulations using one theory and if so which one in correctional work the dominant rehabilitation model is the risk needs responsivity rnr model which is based upon the theory known as the